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Hitler Becomes Chancellor
Hitler becomes leader of Germany. -
Hitler Pledges To Undo Treaty Of Versailles
Hitler thought it was a waste of time and therefore decided to go against it. -
Japanese Aggression
Japan invaded Manchuria for their raw materials. Eventually, Japan invaded China, and the capital Beijing and Nanjing. -
Germany, Italy, Japan Form Pact known As Axis Powers
Germany and Italy signed the so-called Pact of Steel, formalizing the Axis alliance with military provisions. Finally, on September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, which became known as the Axis alliance. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
League of Nations was faced with another crucial test. Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. -
France falls and Germany controls Paris
he Military Administration in France was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France. -
Germany Annexes Austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. In early 1938, Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
Germany, italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement. (Appeasement)
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting 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. The agreement was signed in the early hours of 30 September 1938 (but dated 29 September) after being negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe, excluding the Soviet Union. -
Germany breaks the Munich Agreement and occupies the rest of Czech lands.
The German occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945) began with the German annexation of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, formerly being part of German-Austria known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement -
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
Nazi Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, breaking the agreement it had signed with Great Britain and France the year before in Munich, Germany. The invasion jolted British and French leaders and convinced them that Adolf Hitler, the German chancellor, could not be trusted to honor his agreements and was likely to keep committing aggressions until stopped by force or a massive deterrent. -
Germany invades Poland
On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun. -
Honoring their support of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
Britain and France declare war on Germany. Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago. The Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced the British deadline for the withdrawal of German troops from Poland had expired. -
The Phoney War
The Phoney War was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front. -
Soviet Union invades Poland.
The Soviet invasion of Poland was a Soviet military operation that started without a formal declaration of war. Poland was already in the state of war with Nazi Germany that had started on 1 September 1939. The Soviet invasion of Poland was a direct result of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact, signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on 23 August. -
Germany invades Denmark and Norway
German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. At the same time, German forces occupy Copenhagen, among other Danish cities. -
Battle Of Britain Ends
A significant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases, military posts and, ultimately, its civilian population. -
France falls and Germany controls Paris
This so-called zone occupée was renamed zone nord ("north zone") in November 1942, when the previously unoccupied zone in the south known as zone libre ("free zone") was also occupied and renamed zone sud ("south zone"). -
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion was Nazi Germany's code name for the plan for an invasion of the United Kingdom during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. -
Britain Defeats Germany In Operation Sea Lion
With the German victory over Poland in the opening campaigns of World War II, leaders in Berlin commenced planning for fighting in the west against France and Britain. These plans called for the capture of ports along the English Channel followed by efforts to force Britain's surrender.
