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The Road to World War II
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The Treaty of Versailles signed
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 longest, deepest, and most widespread economic depression of the 20th century caused after a fall in stock prices. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
In the election of late 1932 the Nazis won 37 per cent of the vote. Anxious to regain power, von Papen struck a deal to make Hitler Chancellor -
The Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War broke out as a result of the revolutionary process begun under the democratic Second Republic of Spain, which had been inaugurated in 1931. -
Anschluss with Austria
German troops get into Austria. Hitler announced his Anschluss and 99.7% of the people who voted wanted the union. -
Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance
Military and political alliance between fascist Germany and Italy. -
The Munich Agreement
A settlement that let Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. -
Nazis invade Czechoslovakia
As soon as he had signed the Munich agreement, Hitler set about conquering the rest of Czechoslovakia. He ordered his army to be ready to invade. -
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Nazis invade Poland
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II.
