Events That Led to WWII

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    The treaty of Versailleswas one of the peace treaties at the end of WWII. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
  • Benito Mussolini taking power in Italy

    Benito Mussolini taking power in Italy
    Benito was the youngest prime minister in Italian history. It's important because he was prime minister throughout WWII.
  • The Stock Market Crash

    The Stock Market Crash
    The stock market crash is important because it was one of the factors leading to the great depression and from the great depression it was a ticking time bomb for WWII.
  • Japan Invades Manchuria

    Japan Invades Manchuria
    The Japanese invaded Manchuria and then puppeted the state and called it Manchukuo. This is important because they breached the League of Nations.
  • Hitler becomes chancellor

    Adolf Hitler was voted power for Germany.This isimportant because he is the one who violated the treaty.
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invaded Ethopia. Italy's leader adopted Hitler'splans to expand German territories. This is improtant because it shows that Italy supported Germany in the war.
  • Remilitarization of the Rhineland

    when German military forces entered the Rhineland, this is important because Germnay tookland back.
  • Spanish Civil War

    Spanish Civil War
    spanish civil war is a military revolt against the Republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements within the country.This is important because it was supported.
  • Anschluss

    Anschuluss was the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and forced incorporation of Austria to Nazi Germany. It isimportant because they needed a word nobody but the Germans understood.
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference is when the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia.
  • Germany invades Czechoslovakia

    Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany’s imperial aims. This is important because it gave Germnay more land.
  • Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other.

    Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. This is important because Germany was making alliances.
  • The Invasion of Poland

    The Invasion of Poland
    The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. This is important because it showed how strong Germnay had become.
  • Britain declares war on Germnay

    The Declaration of war by France and the United Kingdom was given, after German forces invaded Poland.This is important because this when all the countries started to join the war.
  • Canada enters war

    Canada joined the war and ended up loosing a bunch of men. This is important because another country joined the war.
  • Rome- Berlin Axis issigned

    An agreement formulated by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries. It is important because it was an agreement.