Road to War: WWII

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    The Road to War

  • Treaty of Versailles is signed

    Treaty of Versailles is signed

    to end WWI, the Treaty of Versailles is signed
  • Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the NAZI party

    Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the NAZI party

    claims that Germans (Aryan race) are superior beings and all other races should be eliminated
  • Hitller is sent to jail

    Hitller is sent to jail

    writes Mein Kampf (My Struggle) in jail
  • Stock market crash

    Stock market crash

    Black Tuesday
  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria

    League of Nations condemns Japan but takes no action to stop them.
  • Jews are discriminated

    Jews are discriminated

    Nazis boycott Jewish-owned shops
  • Hitler introduces conscription

    Hitler introduces conscription

    against the terms of the Treay of Versailles, Hitler introduces conscription
  • Germany militarizes the Rhineland

    Germany militarizes the Rhineland

    against the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler occupies land that was taken away but the League of Nations takes no action
  • Mussolini invades Ethiopia

    Mussolini invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia but the League of Nations still takes no action
  • Italy and Germany sign a treaty

    Italy and Germany sign a treaty

    called the "Pact of Steel" (Rome-Berlin Axis)
  • Canada declares war

    Canada declares war

    Canada declares war on Germany while the US proclaims neutrality