Key Events Leading up to and During WWII

By zcarlson
  • Hitler publishes Mein Kampf

    Hitler publishes Mein Kampf

    'Cause after that everyone was just like "Jeeewwsss..." --Morgan Bees but seriously it went on to carry out the ideas against all things non-German
  • Stalin comes to power

    Stalin comes to power

  • Hitler appointed chancellor

    Hitler appointed chancellor

  • Beginning of Spanish Civil War

    Beginning of Spanish Civil War

  • Munich Agreement Signed

    Munich Agreement Signed

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

  • Pact of Steel is signed by Mussolini and Hitler

    Pact of Steel is signed by Mussolini and Hitler

    The Pact of Steel between Germany and Italy, agreeing to a political and military alliance--Axis is formed
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact is signed

    Nazi-Soviet Pact is signed

    Non-aggression pact signed by Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov and German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop
  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

    Britain and France declare war on Germany

  • Beginning of Holocaust

    Beginning of Holocaust

    Beginning of the "final solution to the Jewish question"
  • D-Day

    D-Day

  • Victory in Europe Day

    Victory in Europe Day

    When Allies officially accepted unconditional surrender of the Nazis