Buildup to world war 2 23

World War II background

  • Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

    Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
  • General Tojo assumes command in Manchuria

    General Tojo assumes command in Manchuria
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Italy invades Ethiopia
  • Japan seizes Nanking

    Japan seizes Nanking
  • Germany takes control of Sudetenland

    Germany takes control of Sudetenland
  • Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia

    Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia
    Hitler got what he wanted from the Munich conference and six months later moved troops from the Sudetenland into eastern Czechoslovakia.
  • Invasion of Poland, start of WWII

    Invasion of Poland, start of WWII
  • Nazi conquest of Scandinavia & the Low Countries

    Nazi conquest of Scandinavia & the Low Countries
  • France surrenders to Nazi Germany

    France surrenders to Nazi Germany
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
  • Lend-Lease Act begins

    Lend-Lease Act begins
  • Germany violates treaty, invades USSR

    Germany violates treaty, invades USSR
  • Japan invades French Indochina

    Japan invades French Indochina
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor