WW2 Timeline

  • Treaty of Versailles is signed

    Treaty of Versailles is signed
    This was one of the peace treaties signed at the end of World War One. It ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
  • The Stock Market Crash

    In 1929 the stock markets were at an all time high. Many people were investing all their money and making margins with the bank to invest in stocks. On October, 24, 1929, also know as Black Tuesday, the stock market crashed.
  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria
    The Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria.
  • Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
    In January 30th, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg of Germany, names Adolf Hitler Chancellor of the German Nazi Party.
  • Remilitarization of the Rhineland

    The German Army used military forces and marched into Rhineland.
  • Spanish Civil War

    Spanish Civil War
    A war in Spain fought between the Republican and the Nationalists. The Nationalists won.
  • Italy invades Ethiopia

    Mussaloni wanted to expand Germany's land and invaded Ethiopia.
  • Rome-Berlin Axis is signed

    Rome-Berlin Axis is signed
    On this day Germany and Italy signed a formal alliance which is the Rome-Berlin Axis.
  • Anschluss

    Anschluss
    On March 12th, 1938, Hitler announced an Anschluss with Austria adding a smaller nation to a greater Germany.
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference
    The leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to add certain areas of Czechoslovakia.
  • Germany invades Czechoslovakia

    German troops marched into Czechoslovakia and took over Bohemia and had a most of Slovakia.
  • The Soviet-Nazi Pact

    Representatives from the Nazi-Germany Party and the Soviet-Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact.
  • The Invasion of Poland

    Germany inaded Poland and within two week the Polish army was defeted.
  • Britain declares war on Germany

  • Canada enters the war