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Treaty of Versailles gets signed
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that was signed at the end of WWI. It ended war between Germany and the Allied Powers. Exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, it was signed. It took half a year of discussions at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty. It was registered by the Secretariat of the League of Nations on October 21st, 1919. -
Mussolini takes power in Italy
Mussolini was an Italian politician. He was Priminister from 1922 until 1943. Mussolini ruled constitutionally until 1925, he then dropped democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. He was the founder of fascism in Italy and took power on October 31st, 1922. -
Stock Market Crash
This was the most devastating crash in the history of the US when considering the full extent and time of its fallout. It was caused when stocks dropped profoundly. People lost houses, businesses and basically all of their money. Panic proceeded to worsen the situation. This even triggered The Great Depression. -
Japan Invades Manchuria
The Japanese armed forces taken over many strategic points in South Manchuria. This was a long-planned military operation that was an attempt to destroy Manchuria. It was an act of aggression. And it had been completed in disregard to Japan's obligations. -
Hilter becomes Chancellor of Germany
A german politician and leader of Nazi Germany, Hitler was Chancellor until 1945. He was the starter of the Holocaust. He was at the heart of WWII. His main goal was to wipe the world clean of all Jewish culture. He mutainized Germans into torturing and killing anyone of Jewish culture. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini, the leader of facism in Italy had supported Hitler's plans. He attempted to expand German territories by taking ownership all land he considered German. He invaded Ethiopia and claimed that his policies of expansion were not different from that of other colonial powers in Africa. -
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
German military forces entered Rhineland. They violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties. This was the first time since the end of WWI that German troops had been in this region. This is an important event in history as it changed the balance of power from France to Germany. This made it possible for Germany to pursue agression in Eastern Europe. -
Spanish Civil War
A civil war fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans, who supported the democratic, the Second Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists. It started after a decloration of opposition was made by the Spanish Republican Armed Forces. The Nationalists captured most of Spain's Northern Coastline and took Madrid. In the end, they captured large parts of Catalonia as well. The war ended with the victory of the Nationalists. -
Rome Berlin Axsis is signed
Coalition formed between Italy and Germany. An agreement made by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano was reached on October 25, 1936. It was formalized by the Pact of Steel in 1939. The term Axis Powers came to include Japan as well. -
Anschluss
Anschluss was a Nazi propaganda term. It meant "the invasion and forced incorporation of Austria to Nazi Germany." The 1938 Anschluss stands in contrast to the Anschluss movement (Austria and Germany united as one country). -
Munich Conference
This was a settlement that allowed Nazi Germany to invade parts of Czechoslovakia. They invaded along the country's borders which were mostly inhabited by German speakers. Therefore, a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was created. -
Germany invades Czechoslovakia
The German occupation of Czechoslovakia started with the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement -
The Soviet Nazi Pact
Representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the pact. It guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. It had two parts. An economic agreement and the ten-year nonaggression pact. -
Britain Declares War on Germany
On September 3, Prime Minister Chamberlain announced that a state of war existed between their country and Germany. German invaded Poland, starting the first "Blitzkrieg" the world had seen. This event had been planned since March and ever since, the German troops occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia. World War II had begun. -
The Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak group, that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
Canada Enters the War
WWI officially began on 1 September 1939, with the German invasion of Poland. Britain and France declared war on the Third Reich two days later. A week after, on 10 September 1939, Canada declared war on Germany. The beginning of Canada's participation in the war largely contributed to National History.
