THE ROAD TO WORLD WAR II

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    THE ROAD TO WORLD WAR II

  • The Treaty of Versailles signed

    The Treaty of Versailles signed

    Was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
  • The Global Depression begins

    The Global Depression begins

    1929-1939. Was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.
  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany..
  • The Spanish Civil War

    The Spanish Civil War

    (1936-1939) Begins as a revolt by right-wing Spanish military officers in Spanish Morocco and spreads to mainland Spain.
  • Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance

    Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance

    The Italian invasion and annexation of Abyssinia had strained relations between Italy and its allies Britain and France, and Mussolini finally repudiated Italy's alliance with them. Hitler then began planning to draw fascist Italy into an alliance with Nazi Germany.
  • Anschluss with Austria

    Anschluss with Austria

    Anschluss was the Nazi propaganda term for the annexing of Austria into Nazi Germany.
  • The Munich Agreement

    The Munich Agreement

    British and French prime ministers (Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier) sign the Munich Pact with Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest.
  • Nazis invade Czechoslovakia

    Nazis invade Czechoslovakia

    Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia. A nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact.
  • Nazis invade Poland

    Nazis invade Poland

    Also known as the September Campaign,was a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Danzig, Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent, that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe.
  • The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    (1939-1945) Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.