Causes of WW2 By Linda Kim Nov 11, 1918 End of WW1 Period: Nov 11, 1918 to Sep 30, 1939 Causes of WW2 Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles signed Jan 1, 1933 Took Germany out of the League of Nations the month and day not found Jan 1, 1933 Began rearming Germany the month and day not found Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Jan 1, 1934 Tried to take over Austria but was prevented by Mussolini Jan 1, 1935 Held massive rearmament rally in Germany the month and day not found Jan 1, 1936 Reintroduced conscription in Germany the month and day not found Mar 1, 1936 Remilitarisation of the Rhineland Mar 7, 1936 Sent Germany troops into the Rhineland the month and day not found Nov 25, 1936 Made an anti-Communist alliance with Japan Jan 1, 1937 Tried out Germany's new weapons in the Spanish Civil War Nov 6, 1937 Made an anti-Communist alliance with Italy Jan 1, 1938 Took over Austria Oct 10, 1938 Took over the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia Mar 16, 1939 Invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia Sep 22, 1939 Invaded Poland