Events
First World War ends
with German defeatTreaty of Versailles signedHitlers failed coup
(Beer Hall Putsch)Nazi party electedHitler becomes chancellorHitler gains Enabling ActHitler becomes Führer of GermanyHitler violates the Treaty of Versailles
by introducing conscriptionGerman troops occupy the RhinelandItalian forces take EthiopiaGermans surrender at Stalingrad, first major defeatMussolini arrested.
Fascist government in Italy falls.
New government attempts to
negotiate with the AlliesItaly surrenders to the aliesGermans take Rome and
reinstate MussoliniMussolini re-establishes fascist governmentGerman troops surrender
at Aachen, GermanyGerman forces in Ruhr
surrenderSoviet forces reach BerlinMussolini is captured and killed
by Italian PartisansHitler commits suicideGermany surrenders
unconditiallyV-E dayPost-war organisation
and events
(e.g. the capture of top
ranking Nazi officers)Periods
"March 15/16 - Nazis take Czechoslovakia.
March 28, 1939 - Spanish Civil war ends.
May 22, 1939 - Nazis sign 'Pact of Steel' with Italy.
August 23, 1939 - Nazis and Soviets sign Pact.
August 25, 1939 - Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty.
August 31, 1939 - British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London.
September 1, 1939 - Nazis invade Poland.
September 3, 1939 - Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.This is the war in which
there were incredibly high amounts of
fighting and skirmishesMultiple surrenders
and retreats and
defeats of the
german forces
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