WW2

Treaty of Versailles is signed

Jun 28, 1919

The Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

Japan invades Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Italy invades Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

Remilitarization of the Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

The remilitarization of the Rhineland by the German Army took place on 7 March 1936 when German military forces entered the Rhineland.

Spanish Civil War

Jul 17, 1936

Rome-Berlin Axis is signed

Oct 21, 1936

Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

Munich Conference

Sep 28, 1938

Germany invades Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1939

The Soviet-Nazi Pact

Aug 23, 1939

the Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

The German-Soviet Pact of August 1939, which stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.

Britain declares war on Germany

Sep 3, 1939

Canada enters the war

Sep 10, 1939