Lead up to WWII - Alaina McElroy

  • Hitler

    Hitler
    Adolf Hitler promised the people of Germany to better the economy and make Germany better again. He slowly got full control of the country.
  • Mussolini

    Mussolini
    Like Hitler Mussolini got control of a whole country, Italy. He had a fascist government and used violence.
  • First Concentration Camps

    First Concentration Camps
    The Nazi party was growing bigger and bigger and the first concentration camps were established. These were for groups of people that were seen as "dangerous."
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    After WWI Germany was suppose to follow the treaty. Germany then violates the treaty causing problems.
  • Annexation of Austria

    Annexation of Austria
    By not following the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler annexed Austria. Austria was a German speaking nation and Hitler's birthplace.
  • Munich Pact

    Munich Pact
    Violating the Munich Pact, Nazi Germany invades Bohemia and Moravia, provinces of Czechoslovakia. Hitler annexed Sudetenland.
  • Totalitarianism

    Totalitarianism
    By 1939 Stalin established a totalitarianism government of the Soviet Union. With this, the government controlled all aspects of public and private life.
  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland
    Nazi Germany invades and attacks Poland. Polish army got defeated. After the attack Britain and France, allies of Poland, declare war on Germany.
  • German invasion of the Soviet Union

    German invasion of the Soviet Union
    Hitler violates the agreement with the Stalin and invades the Soviet Union. Germany has aid from Romania, Italy, and Hungary.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan launches a surprise attack on Hawaii's naval base, Pearl Harbor, by bombing it. Because of this the US declares war against Japan.