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The Road to World War II
In the following timeline, several decisive and previous events to the World War II are marked. -
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
As a consequence, Germany had to accept responsibility for all the damages caused during the World War I. -
The Global Depression
The crash of the New York Stock Market marked the beginning of a global disorder that affected the economy, politics and society. -
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The Global Depression
The Global Depression started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler won the elections supported by the right-wing parties with the aim of transforming Germany into a dictatorship. -
The Spanish Civil War
It was an Spanish warlike conflict between the "Nationalists" led by Franco and the "Republicans", in which one, the Nationalists won. -
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The Spanish Civil War
It lasted for nearly three years. -
Rome Berlin Axis: Hitler-Mussolini Alliance
It was an agreement signed between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, which established to follow a common foreign policy. -
Anschluss with Austria
Austria joined Nazi Germany as a territory of the III Reich, under the name of "Ostmark". -
The Munich Agreement
It was a settlement reached by Germany, Italy, France and Great Britain that allowed the German appropriation of the Sudetenland (western Czechoslovakia). -
The Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia
Hitler attacked Czechoslovakia with the aim of the German annexation of this territory because of pan-germanist reasons. -
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
It was an agreement signed between Nazi Germany and the URSS, where they accorded not to attack each other. -
The Nazi invation of Poland
Hitler wanted to expand his empire by conquering Poland, event that marked the beginning of the World War II.
