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The Treaty of Versailles ended the first World War between the Allied Powers and Germany. It blamed Germany for the war and required Germany to pay reparations, give up land, and restrict its military.
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Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, which marked the first step of Hitler and the Nazi Party's rise to power in Germany.
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Hitler sends troops to the Rhineland, an area of Western Germany near the Rhine River. This went against the military restrictions Germany had.
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Hitler marches his troops into Austria and announces a union between Germany and Austria.
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An agreement between Germany, Italy, France, and Great Britain was signed that allowed Germany to take over an area of western Czechoslovakia.
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Hitler sends the German military to occupy the rest of Czechoslovakia, going against the Munich Pact.
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Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non aggression pact that agreed to be peaceful to one another and to share power of Poland.
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Germany takes over Poland, which was home to millions of Jews. This marks the beginning of World War II.
