Events leading to WWII

Treaty of Versailles

Mar 17, 1919

The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers

Joseph Stalin becomes leader in Russia

Mar 17, 1922

Japan invades Manchuria

Mar 17, 1931

Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

Mar 17, 1933

Nazis begin roundup of Jews

Mar 17, 1933

Hitler becomes leader of Nazi Party

Mar 17, 1934

Neutrality Act passed by U.S.

Mar 17, 1935

Congress passed the first Neutrality Act prohibiting the export of guns, ammunition, and implements of war

Italian Army invades Ethiopia

Mar 17, 1935

Hitler sends troops into Rhineland

Mar 17, 1936

Japan attacks Nanjing, China

Mar 17, 1937

Munich Pact signed

Mar 17, 1938

Sudetenland was ceded to Germany

Germany incorporates Austria into the Anschluss

Mar 17, 1938

Hitler invades Poland

Mar 17, 1939

Nazi-Soviet Pact signed

Mar 17, 1939

two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years

Germany and Italy sign a treaty of cooperation and Axis born

Mar 17, 1939

Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

Mar 17, 1939