Road to the outbreak of World War 2 By wensheng Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Dec 31, 1939 Road to the outbreak of World War 2 Jan 30, 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Feb 23, 1933 Enabling Act by Hitler Feb 27, 1933 Reichstag Fire Jul 14, 1933 Nazi Party declared Germany's only Political Party Oct 14, 1933 Germany Quit the League of Nations Jun 30, 1934 The "Night of Long Knives" Aug 19, 1934 Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany Mar 16, 1935 Hitler puclibly declares Rearmament through Conscription Mar 7, 1936 German Army marches into Rhineland May 9, 1936 Mussolini conquers Abyssinia Jul 18, 1936 Spanish Civil War Erupts Jun 11, 1937 Stalin begins Red Army Purge Mar 11, 1938 Austria Plebiscite Mar 13, 1938 Hitler announces "Anschluss" with Austria Aug 12, 1938 Hitler prepares army for march into Sudetenland Sep 29, 1938 Munich Conference Oct 15, 1938 Hitler Invades Sudetenland Mar 16, 1939 Czechoslovakia fully invaded May 22, 1939 Nazi sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy Aug 23, 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Signed Aug 25, 1939 Britan and Poland sign Mutual Assistance Treaty Sep 1, 1939 German Army invades Poland Sep 3, 1939 British Empire declares war on Germany Sep 17, 1939 Soviets invade Poland
