The origins and outbreak of WW2 key dates Flashcards
When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
30th January 1933.
When did Hitler withdraw Germany from the League of Nations?
October 1933.
When did Hitler publicly announce rearmament in violation of the Treaty of Versailles?
March 1935.
When did Hitler remilitarise the Rhineland?
7th March 1936.
When did Anschluss with Austria occur?
March 1938.
When was the Munich Agreement signed, ceding the Sudetenland to Germany?
30th September 1938.
When did Germany invade the rest of Czechoslovakia, breaking the Munich Agreement?
March 1939.
When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed?
23rd August 1939.
When did Germany invade Poland, marking the start of WWII?
1st September 1939.
When did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
3rd September 1939.
When did Britain and France guarantee Poland’s borders?
March 1939.
When did Neville Chamberlain famously return from Munich, declaring “peace for our time”?
30th September 1938.
When did the World Disarmament Conference fail, leading Hitler to withdraw from the League of Nations?
1933.
When did Japan invade Manchuria, challenging the League of Nations?
1931.
When did Mussolini invade Abyssinia, undermining the League of Nations?
1935.
