Road to WWII

  • Weimar Established

    Weimar Established
    Weimar Democratic German Government established and the consitiution was signed on this date.
  • France Poland Defense Agreement

    A secret pact between France and Poland that stipulated that if German should ever attack Poland, France would come to Poland's aid.
  • Benito Mussolini's coup d'état

    Benito Mussolini's coup d'état
    This marks the rise of fascisim in Italy
  • Beer Hall Putsch

    Beer Hall Putsch
    The Beer Hall Putsch (also known as the Munich Putsch [1] German: Hitlerputsch or German: Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch) was a failed attempt at revolution that occurred between the evening of 8 November and the early afternoon of 9 November 1923, when Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff, and other heads of the Kampfbund unsuccessfully tried to seize power in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
  • Pact of Locarno

    In Locarno, Switzerland, the Pact of Locarno is signed by Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, France, Italy, Poland, and Czechslovakia. The nations agree to a mutual guarantee of existing borders, and to make peaceful settlements of disputes.
    n Locarno, the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee is signed by Great Britain, Belgium, France, Germany, and Italy. Germany and Belgium, and Germany and France agree to not attack or invade each other.
  • The Pact of Paris (Kellogg-Briand Pact)

  • Construction Begins on the Maginot Defence Line

  • Wall Street Crash

    Wall Street Crash
  • Lausanne Confrence

    Allies agree to cancell Gernman reparations
  • Russia Poland 5 Year Non-Aggression Pact

  • France Russia Non-Agression Pact

  • Hitler appointed chancellor

    Hitler appointed chancellor
  • The Night of the Long Knives

    The Nazi regime carried out a series of political murders
  • Italian Invasion of Ethiopia (Abyssinia)

  • Remilitarization of the Rhineland

    In violation of the Treaty of Versailles
  • Second Sino-Japanese War

  • Spanish Civil War (Supported by Germany)

  • The Anschluss

  • Soviet - German Non-Aggression Pact

    Soviet - German Non-Aggression Pact
    This is also known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland
    This event is largely considered the official start to WWII