Steps to World War II

Question	Answer
1935	Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
1935	Italy invades Ethiopia, Africa to expand territory and receive its oil resources
1936	German troops march into Rhineland , the treaty forbids this but no one stops the advance
March 1938	Nazi soldiers occupy Austria, no one stops this as they wish to prevent another war
September 1938	Britain and France meet with Hitler and sign the Munich Agreement. Allows part of Czechoslovakia as they believe it will prevent war
October 1938	Hitler signs a pact with Mussolini which allows Hitler to take Austria and other territories of northern ad central Europe. Japan joins the Alliance. This is known as the Axis Powers
March 1939	Hitler had claimed Sudanland as his last demand, nut Nazi troops occupy Czechoslovakia
August 1939	Germany signs a pact with the Soviet Union promising not to attack each other if war was to occur. They divide Poland in half between each other. Hitler can now plan attack on France and Britain.
September 1, 1939	Hitler wants the Polish Corridor back, Poland refuses. The Nazi launch a lightning war, Poland is defeated.
September 3, 1939	Britain and France realize the appeasement will not work and declare war on Germany
September 10, 1939	Canada declares war on Germany

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	Created by Abby Dunkley almost 7 years ago