Origins of WWII

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    Maginot Line

    A line was constructed around the border of France and Germany to protect from invasion

  • Joseph Stalin rose to power

    On this day Joseph Stalin came to power over the USSR

  • Japan invades China

    The Japanese invade China, bringing them into WWII

  • Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany

    President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler the Chancellor of Germany

  • Mussolini rises to power

    Benito Mussolini rose to power after the Enabling Act

  • Spanish Civil War

    The spanish civil war begins

  • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Signed

    The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed on this day

  • Hitler Invades Poland

    Nazi Germany invades Poland, the act that started WWII

  • Tripartite Pact Signed

    the Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin.

  • Pearl Harbor Attacked

    The Japanese bombed the Americans at Pearl Harbor, bringing the US into WWII