World War 2 By Anner08 Nov 11, 1918 WWI Ends With German Defeat Apr 28, 1919 League of Nations founded Jun 28, 1919 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles Jul 29, 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party Jul 18, 1925 Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" published Sep 8, 1926 Germany admitted to League of Nations Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market on Wall Street crashes (Start of the Great Depression) Sep 14, 1930 Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany. Nov 8, 1932 Franklin Roosevelt elected President of the United States. 1933 Nazis open Dachau concentration camp Jan 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany Feb 27, 1933 The German Reichstag burns Mar 12, 1933 First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin Mar 23, 1933 Enabling Act gives Hitler dictatorial power Apr 1, 1933 Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops. May 10, 1933 Nazis burn books in Germany. Jul 14, 1933 Nazi Party declared Germany's only political party. Oct 14, 1933 Germany quits the League of Nations. Jun 30, 1934 The Nazi "Night of the Long Knives" Jul 25, 1934 Nazis murder Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss Aug 2, 1934 German President Hindenburg dies Aug 19, 1934 Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany Mar 16, 1935 Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription. Sep 15, 1935 German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws Feb 10, 1936 The German Gestapo is placed above the law Mar 7, 1936 German troops occupy the Rhineland May 9, 1936 Mussolini's Italian forces take Ethiopia Jul 18, 1936 Civil war erupts in Spain Oct 1, 1936 Franco declared head of Spanish State Jun 11, 1937 Soviet leader Josef Stalin begins a purge of Red Army generals Nov 5, 1937 Hitler reveals war plans during Hossbach Conference Period: Mar 12, 1938 to Mar 13, 1938 Germany announces 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria Aug 12, 1938 German military mobilizes Sep 30, 1938 British Prime Minister Chamberlain appeases Hitler at Munich Oct 15, 1938 German troops occupy the Sudetenland; Czech government resigns 1939 Nazis begin euthanasia on sick and disabled in Germany Jan 30, 1939 Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech. Period: Mar 15, 1939 to Mar 16, 1939 Nazis take Czechoslovakia May 22, 1939 Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy Aug 23, 1939 Nazis and Soviets sign Pact Aug 25, 1939 Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty Sep 1, 1939 German Troops Invade Poland Sep 1, 1939 Evacuation Of Children In London Sep 3, 1939 Britain, France, Australia, & New Zealand Declare War On Germany Sep 5, 1939 United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland Sep 10, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins Sep 17, 1939 Soviets invade Poland Sep 29, 1939 Nazis and Soviets divide up Poland Nov 8, 1939 Assassination attempt on Hitler fails Nov 30, 1939 Soviets attack Finland Dec 14, 1939 Soviet Union expelled from the League of Nations 1940 Second Evacuation Of Children In London Jan 8, 1940 Rationing Begins In Britain Mar 16, 1940 Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland. Apr 9, 1940 Nazis invade Denmark and Norway. May 10, 1940 Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. May 15, 1940 Holland surrenders to the Nazis. May 28, 1940 Belgium surrenders to the Nazis. Jun 3, 1940 Germans bomb Paris Jun 22, 1940 France Surrenders To Germany Jun 22, 1941 Axis Forces Invade Russia
