Dates for Germany and Italy Flashcards
Belgium and France occupy the Ruhr
1923
World Disarmament Conference
1932
Hitler appointed as Chancellor by Bruning
1933
Hitler and Nazi Party implement the policy of Gleichschaltung
1933
Enabling Act Passed
1933
Polish-German Non-Aggression Pact signed
January 1934
Hitler executes his most serious rivals in the party
1934
‘New Plan’ introduced
1934
Soviet Union joins LoN
September 1934
Saar Plebiscite
January 1935
Stresa Front created
April 1935
France & Soviet Union sign Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance
May 1935
Anglo-German Naval Treaty
June 1935
Stresa Front weakened by the Anglo-German Naval Treaty
June 1935
German rearmament begins
March 1935
Czechoslovakia & Soviet Union sign a mutual defense treaty
1935
Four Year Plan introduced
1936
Germany ends diplomatic isolation
1936
Rhineland reoccupied & remilitarized by Germany
March 1936
Rome-Berlin Axis formed
October 1936
Anti-Comintern Pact signed between Japan & Germany
November 1936
Italy joins Anti-Comintern Pact
November 1937
By now, top military commanders had been replaced by men loyal to Hitler & he controlled the army
1938
Anschluss
March 1938
Czechoslovakia partially mobilizes army
May 1938
Hitler desires confrontation with Czechoslovakia
July 1938
Munich Agreement & Anglo-German Declaration
September 1938
Sudetenland Crisis
October 1938
Hitler demands return of Danzig
March 1939
Pact of Steel Created
May 1939
Nazi-Soviet Pact signed
August 1939
Germany delays invasion of Poland
August 1939
Germany invades Poland
September 1939
Mussolini appointed as Prime Minister of Italy
1922
Albanian President Zog signs alliance with Italy
1926
Wall Street Crash
1929
Mussolini reorganizes government to make himself more powerful
1933
Austrian dictator Dolfuss assassinated
July 1934
Italy prepares for invasion of Abyssinia
July 1934
Wal-Wal Incident
December 1934
Abyssinia appeals to the League about the Wal-Wal Incident
January 1935
Laval (French Prime Minister) promises that France will not intervene in Abyssinia
January 1935
Stresa Front created by Britain, France & Italy
1935
League determines Wal-Wal Incident to be minor
September 1935
Italy invades Abyssinia
October 1935
Hoare-Laval Pact
December 1935
Fighting in Abyssinia ended
Early 1936
Spanish Civil War begins
1936
Italy leaves the League
December 1937
Mussolini sends an ultimatum to Albania demanding almost complete control of Albania
1939
Italy annexes Albania
April 1939
Pact of Steel between Germany & Italy
May 1939