Events Leading to The War

  • Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Germany

    Adolf Hitler becomes leader of Germany

    His Nazi party/group takes power meaning Hitler technically became the dictator of Germany
  • Germany and Italy

    Germany and Italy

    Germany's Nazis and Italy form the Rome-Berlin axis treaty.
  • Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact

    Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact

    This was a pact against communism and Russia
  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China

  • Hitler annexes the country of Austria into Germany

    Hitler annexes the country of Austria into Germany

    Hitler's desire to create a Greater German Reich was to include all ethnic Germans and all the lands and territories that the German Empire had lost after the First World War.
  • World War 2 Began

    World War 2 Began

    WW2 began in Europe when Germany invaded Poland