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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
Hitler became supreme leader on the night of January 30, 1933, the Nazis organized a massive torchlight parade in Berlin to celebrate the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. Adolf Hitler -
Hitler pledges to undo the Treaty Of Versailles
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription -
Japanese aggression
Japan Invaded Manchuria for there raw materials , eventually japan invaded china and the capital of beljin -
Germany, Italy, Japan form pact known as Axis
Germany and Italy signed the so-called Pact of Steel, formalizing the Axis alliance with military provisions. Finally, on September 27, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, which became known as the Axis alliance. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopia. In 1935, the League of Nations was faced with Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German. -
Germany annexes Austria.
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. In early 1938, Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement. (Appeasement)
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Germany breaks the Munich Agreement and occupies the rest of Czech lands.
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Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
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Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded, breaking their agreement, so Britain and France declared war, starting World War II , After signing the non aggression act German tanks and troops rumbled across the Polish border. -
Honoring their support of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Soviet Union invades Poland.
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germany invades denmark and norway
Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany on April 9th 1940. Hitler had issued the order for the invasion of Norway on March 1st un. The order also included the invasion and occupation of Denmark. It was the start of war in Western Europe and an end to the phony war -
Phony War
The Phoney War was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front
