The Interwar Years

The Creation of the League of Nations

Nov 1, 1920

Founded after World War I. 42 countries were involved to create this because many people thought that a world organization could keep peace.

The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

Jan 1, 1931

The USA couldn't import as much any more and Japan wanted to gain more natural resources and control.

Hitler's Program of Rearmament

Mar 17, 1935

Hitler was responding to the refusal of the European powers to disarm.

The Invasion of Abyssinia

Mar 17, 1935

Italy joined in the "Scramble for Africa" and lost 6000 men to Abyssinia so Italy wanted revenge to take over

The Reoccupation of the Rhineland

Mar 17, 1936

Hitler argued that Germany needed a place to use for defence and got 32000 armed troops into Rhineland to take it over.

The Spanish Civil War

Mar 17, 1936

A lot of people wanted to stop others from being fascism. The government was corrupt and people didn't want to deal with it any more

Anschluss with Austria

Mar 17, 1938

German speaking people wanted to unite with the new German Republic but were not allowed.

The Munich Conference

Mar 17, 1938

Hitler wanted to seize the Sudeten because it had important resources.

The Invasion of the Rest of Czechoslovakia by Germany

Mar 17, 1939

Hitler wanted more control using Czecholslovakia and others wanted more defense so they attacked Czechoslovakia as well.

The Invasion of Poland

Mar 17, 1939

Germany invaded Poland/ Britain and France declared war on Germany and decided to go through Poland to suprise Germany.

The Nazi-Soviet Pact

Mar 17, 1939

At the start of World War II Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union made a deal to not attack each other and to instead gang up on everywhere else.