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Germany reluctantly signed the Treaty of Versailles as part of the Paris Peace Conference in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles
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The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations. It was the longest, most widespread, and deepest depression of the 20th century
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The Nazis organized a massive torchlight parade in Berlin to celebrate the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany.
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The Spanish Civil War broke out with a military uprising in Morocco on July 17, triggered by events in Madrid
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The Italian invasion had strained relations between Italy and its allies Britain and France, and Benito Mussolini finally repudiated Italy's alliance with them.
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Army of the German Wehrmacht crossed the Austrian border. This invasion was the first major test of the Wehrmacht 's machinery.
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It was an agreement permitting Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia.
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Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany’s imperial aims.
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Soviet Russia' Foreign Minister Molotov signs the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact while German Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop and Soviet leader Josef Stalin look on, while standing under a portrait of Lenin
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The invasion began, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, and ended with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland.
