WWII Timeline

  • Japan Seized Manchuria

    Japan Seized Manchuria
    Japan wanted their empire to be as striong as those of the westen powers so they saw Manchuria as a great target
  • Italy Invades Ethiopia

    Italy Invades Ethiopia
    The goal of invading Ethopia was to increase the national prestige of the italian outcome. The League of Nations placed sanctions of Italy for their actions, but they had no power to implement them.
  • Germany invaded the Rhineland

    Germany invaded the Rhineland
    This was a test of Hitler to see how strong the Western Democracies were and he found that they were weak. This was a violation of their treaty.
  • Spanish Civil War Begans

    Spanish Civil War Begans
    The civil war was started by Francisco Franco. The civil war was between the Nationalist and the Republics.
  • Start of the Second Sino Japanese War

    Start of the Second Sino Japanese War
    This conflict broke out when China began full scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in the Chinese territory.
  • Germany creates the Anscluss

    Germany creates the Anscluss
    Hitler announces an “Anschluss” (union) between Germany and Austria, which was against their treaty, but there was no one to stop them. The treaty stated that they weren't allowed to have any allies.
  • Germany enters the Sudtenland

    Germany enters the Sudtenland
    Hitler insisted that 3 million Germans to enter the Sudtenland. This was another example how hitler took advantage of the Treaty.
  • Munich Conference is Held

    Munich Conference is Held
    The Munich Agreement was a settlement allowing Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers.
  • Spanish Civil War Ends

    Spanish Civil War Ends
    Franco's Nationalist won and he was crowned as facist leader/dictator. He was compared to the dictators of Hitler and Mussolini using using terror and reforms to control his people.
  • Hitler Announces Nonagression Pact

    Hitler Announces Nonagression Pact
    The Nonaggression Pact was between Germany and the Soviet Union that was finished only a couple days before the beginning of World War II and which divided eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.