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The Treaty of Versailles signed
It 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
Originated in the United States was a severe worldwide economic depression.It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. -
Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany
This day Adolf Hitler’s appointment as German chancellor... the leader killed off Weimar democracy, and set Germany on the road to authoritarian dictatorship. -
The Spanish Civil War
It was fought between the Republicans and the Nationalists, a falangist group led by General Francisco Franco. The Nationalists won, and Franco then ruled Spain for the next 36 years. -
Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance
Cooperation between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy started in the mid-1930s as a merely political commitment and culminated in 1939, with the Pact of Steel: a military alliance. -
Anschluss with Austria
It means an 'union', that supposed the incorporation of Austria to Nazi Germany.The Anschluss was preceded for a period of political pressure on Austria. -
The Munich Agreement
Settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy Italian leader Benito Mussolini, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, a German interpreter, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain meeting in Munich, Germany, that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia. -
Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia
The incorporation of the bordering Czechoslovakian territories to the Germany Nazi, would stop to the rest of the country incapable resisting to the later occupation. -
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. -
Nazis invade Poland
German forces invaded Poland the morning after the Gleiwitz incident. France and the United Kingdom had pacts with Poland and had declared war on Germany on 3 September.
