Key Events Leading up to and During WWII

  • 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