WW2 Timeline: Why Do Nations Go to War?

By LeeANee

  • Japan wanted to Control Manchuria

  • Japan Took Over Manchuria

  • Japan Withdrew from the League of Nations

  • Nazis and German Government Began Making Revisions to Treaty

  • Germany Withdrew from The League of Nations

  • Germany introduced the 'Rearmaments Program'

  • Germany Re-Introduced Conscription

    Conscription is where it is compulsory to join the national army. Conscription allowed their military base to grow, since they wanted to take back what the Treaty took away from them and return Germany to what it once was.

  • German Troops Marched to Rhineland

    33 000 of Germany's troops marched to the Rhineland - which was prohibited by the Treaty of Versailles.

  • French Troops Traveled to German Border

  • Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing Had All Fallen to Japan

  • Austria became a German Territory

  • Hitler Demanded for the Sudetenland

  • The Policy of Appeasement was Established

  • Chamberlain Returned Home from Munich

    Neville Chamberlain, PM of Britain at the time, returned from Munich, Germany, after meeting with Hitler to discuss and sign the Policy of Appeasement. He was viewed as a hero, as he was seen 'preventing' another Great War.

  • Nazis Traveled to Czechoslovakia

  • Germany Occupied the Sudetenland

  • Germany Invaded Poland

    Germany invaded Poland after the Polish leader at the time refused Hitler's negotiations. They also wanted to use Poland as more living space for the growing German population ('Lebensraum').

  • Poland Refused Hitler's Negotiations

  • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was Signed

    The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, officially known as the Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Soviet-Union, was signed.

  • France and Britain Declared War Against Germany

  • Soviet-Union Invaded Poland

  • Japan Occupied Most of North and Coastal China

  • Japan Signed Pact with Soviet Union