The Events Leading to the Second World War Timeline

Treaty of Versailles is signed

Jun 28, 1919

The Treaty of versailles was one of the peace treaties created and signed at the end of WW1. It was signed five years after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assasinated. The treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles.

Mussolini takes power in Italy

Oct 31, 1922

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister from 1922-1943. His cause of death was death by firing squad April 28, 1945. He was later hung on meat hooks from the roof of an Esso gas station.

The Stock Market Crash

Oct 24, 1929

The Wall Street Crash of 1929 was also known as Black Tuesday, the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It started on October 24, 1929, and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. Many families lost their homes and were forced to send their children away.

Japan invades Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

The invation of Manchuria began when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. It lasted 5 months, one week and a day. The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and their inhabitance lasted until the end of WWII.

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party. He was the chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945. Throughout his ruling he tried to get rid all the Jewish people he could find. He Put the Jewish people into places seprate from people that we not Jewish such as, concentration camps and ghettos.

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

Is also known as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. It was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire. The war ended in the military occupation of Ethiopia

Remilitarization of the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

The remilitarization of the Rhineland by the German Army took place on 7 March 1936 when German military forces entered the Rhineland. It was significant because it violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties, marking the first time since the end of WWI that German troops had been in this region.

Spanish Civil War

Jul 17, 1936

Was civil war fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans who were loyal to the democratic, left-leaning Second Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a falangist group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists won and Franco then ruled Spain for the next 36 years, from April 1939 until he died in November 1975.

Rome-Berlin Axis is signed

Oct 25, 1936

An agreement made by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally joining the two fascist countries was reached on October 25, 1936. It was formalized by the Pact of Steel in 1939. The term Axis Powers came to include Japan as well.

Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

Was the Nazi propoganda term for the invasion and forced incorperation of Austria to Nazi Germany in march 1938.

Munich Conference

Sep 28, 1938

Germany Invades Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1939

The Soviet-Nazi Pact

Aug 23, 1939

The Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

Britain declares war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Canada Enters the War

Sep 10, 1939