Lead Up to WW2 Nicole Janovsky

Treaty of Versailles Signed

Jun 28, 1919

The Treaty of Versailles was an agreement of the Allied powers, which ended WW1. It focused all of the blame for WW1 on Germany.

Nazi Party Formed

Feb 24, 1920

Under the leader, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party ruled Germany with totalitarianism. Nazism is when Germany groups believed to be racially superior over others such as the Jews.

Treaty of Berlin

Apr 24, 1926

Soviet Union and Germany both sign the Treaty of Berlin. This is an agreement that either country has to remain neutral if one or the other is attacked by another country.

Election of 1932

Nov 8, 1932

Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the president of the United States. His main focus is on the Great Depression.

Enabling Act of 1933

Mar 23, 1933

The Enabling Act of 1933 is an amendment to the German constitution. It gave Hitler total power over Nazi Germany. Its a change from a democratic chancellor to a totalitarian dictator.

Nazi Book Burning

May 10, 1933

A large amount of students marched with torches with the goal of burning “un-German books”. More than 25,000 volumes of those “un-German books” turned into ashes in Berlin, Germany.

Military Aggression under Hitler

Mar 7, 1936

Germany violates the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by militarizing the Rhineland. Rhineland is a strictly demilitarized zone on Germany’s Western Front.

Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens

Jul 15, 1937

Buchenwald becomes one of the largest concentration camps. It is for male prisoners in east-central Germany.

Anschluss

Mar 13, 1938

Nazi Germany completes the Annexation or Anschluss of Austria. Austria was the first country to be annexed by Germany.

Start of WW2

Sep 1, 1939

Nazi Germany invades Poland. France and Britain declare war on Germany.