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(December 1, 1918- June 30,  1930)
Hitler charged into Rhineland with 22,000 soldiers, which directly broke the treaty of Versailles. It broke the treaty because Rhineland was agreed to be a demilitarized zone because Rhineland bordered Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands which would make this the perfect spot to watch for incoming invasions. Once Hitler arrived, he offered Britain and France a 25 year long non-aggression pact because he claimed that he had "no territorial demands in Europe."

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(October 31 1922)
Mussolini gained power by claiming that he was the only person who could restore order to Italy. He slowly stopped all democratic issues and turned himself into a dictator. Then he gave himself the title "IL Duce" Which made him the supreme leader of Italy.

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January 21 1924)
Stalin was appointed to be the successor to Lenin who died that day from a stroke after recovering from surgery because of a failed assassination to his neck. This allowed for Stalin to begin rapid advancements and give Russia a strong modern economy which increased their overall strength. These Rapid advancements transformed Russia into the soviet union.

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(October 1929)
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next several years, consumer spending and investment dropped, causing steep declines in industrial output and employment as failing companies laid off workers. By 1933, when the Great Depression reached its lowest point, some 15 million Americans were unemployed and nearly half the country’s banks had failed.

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(September 18 1931)
Japan without a declaration of war invaded Manchuria. This directly broke the rules of the League of Nations. Japan did this because even thought they were a very highly developed country, They had very little places to obtain valuable recourses such as oil. Because of scares recourses and the need to advance themselves, they invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria.

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(January 30, 1933)
Hitler became chancellor so that he could have complete control over Germany and bend the country to his will. This allowed him to slowly take over other countries and colonies to increase Germany's overall strength. His main goal after becoming chancellor was to "Bring Germany to Greatness".

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(October 3, 1935)
Ethiopia which was one of two independent countries in Africa, The other country was The Republics of Liberia, was invaded by Italy so that they could gain valuable resources which would help fight off the effects of the Great Depression. Mussolini used a multitude of devices to take control such as poisonous gas, bombardment from the skies, flamethrowers and even concentration camps used to gain control of Ethiopia.

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Why did Japan Join the Axis? (Short Animated Documentary)

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(December 13, 1937)
The Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was during the second Japanese war, mass murder and rape afflicted by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanking, China. In 1937, Japanese imperial forces marched thousands of Chinese civilians into the countryside and murdered and tortured them, raping the women and looting and burning their homes. Around 300,000 Chinese people were murdered during this.

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(March 11 1938)
Nazi Germany seized control over Austria by claiming that they had "Descended into Chaos." They did this because they faked reports of rioting and caused street fights. They also made a newspaper from the "Austrian Chancellor" that read that the German troops were needed to restore order in Austria.

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(September 30, 1938)
The Munich conference was between The British and French prime minister Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier and German leader, Adolf Hitler. The conference was about if Hitler should be allowed to gain control over the Sudetenland and take the German people from there. The decision was that Germany would be allowed to Gain Sudetenland but in return Germany would not take any other territory or country.

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(October 1-10, 1938)
Hitler wanted to obtain Sudetenland because he claimed that Czechoslovakia was mistreating all of the ethnic Germans living there and claimed that they were suffering. Due to the fact that Germany was growing in strength and no other countries wanted or had the recourses to go to war, they decided to give Germany Sudetenland. They participated in a conference called the Munich conference and agreed that Germany would be allowed to have Sudetenland peacefully as long as they stop expanding after that.

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(March 15-16, 1939)
Right after The Munich Agreement Hitler and his army Broke the agreement rules and took control of Czechoslovakia. They used lies such as they claimed that Czechoslovakia was planning to become allies with Great Britain and France in hopes of taking down Germany which was completely untrue. This ended with Germany invading Czechoslovakia and taking all it's land and getting even more powerful.

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(September 1, 1939)
Nazi Germany invaded Poland and justified themselves by stating that Poland was persecuting the Germans who were living there. They also falsely claimed that Poland was attempting ally with Great Britain and France to team up and take down Germany. Germany did this so they could regain  lost land and so that they could have territory in the east for tactical purposes.

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(August 23, 1939)
The Soviet-Germany non-aggression pact was was a non-aggression deal made with the Soviet Union and Germany to keep mutual non-aggression. This Pact was made to keep the Soviet Union from gaining influence especially the Baltic states. Germany wanted to keep them out of the Baltic states so that Germany couldn't be surrounded and be cornered.

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(April 9th, 1940)
The Denmark Invasion was a German attack, also known as the "Six Hour War". Germany attacking Denmark was a breach of the non-aggression pact, signed less than a year ago. They used the attack as a staging ground for their attack of Norway. The original plan was to push Denmark to accept that German naval, land and air forces could use Danish bases. But shortly after Adolf Hitler ordered that both Denmark and Norway must be invaded.

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(May 10-June 25, 1940)
Hitler ordered a conquest on the low countries so that no country could stand in his way. Germany invaded France through the Ardennes forest because the French believed that the German tanks couldn't pass through that thick forest. However the Germans were able to cross this tough terrain and invade France. This led to the eventual surrender of France to the Nazis

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(July 10, 1940)
The Germans began bombing raids on Britain killing thousands. Most of the battles in Britain took place in the air, and the battles were between the British, RAF and the German Luftwaffe. These battles were fought like this for three and a half months until Hitler decided to call of the battle because each side had suffered too many casualties.

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(September 30th, 1938)
Chamberlain, Hitler, Mussolini, and Daladier met in Munich. This meeting was a last minute effort of Chamberlain to avoid war. This meeting gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest.

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(April 9th, 1940)
The British plans for landings on the Norwegian coast to take place on the 3rd week of March 1940, they were postponed. The prime minister and France's premier both had agreed that some aggression needed ought to be taken. It was agreed upon that mines shall be placed in Norwegian waters and that the mining should be followed by the landing of troops. The date of the mining was postponed from April 5th to the 8th. This caused the chaos that followed subsequently after. On April 1st, Hitler had ordered the invasion of Norway to begin on April 9th. This was so that on the 9th Norway would be preoccupied with the mine laying. So on April 9th the Germans occupied Denmark, sending in troopships that were covered by aircraft. They sent them into the Copenhagen harbor and then to march over into Jutland. After months of fighting and troops being sent in, Norway finally surrendered to Germany on June 10th.

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(May 10th, 1940)
Germany wanted to bypass the French defence line on the eastern border and wanted to prevent England from setting up a base of operations on the European mainland. Occupying the Netherlands and Belgium would help them complete this. On May 10th, Germany set up ground attacks from several points of the Netherlands, going from Amsterdam, The Hague and to Rotterdam.

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(May 10th - 28th, 1940)
In 1914, during WWI, Germany had invaded Belgium. Although, after the war Belgium had returned to a neutrality policy. Afterward, in 1940, Germany invaded Belgium again for the second time. They invaded both Belgium and the Netherlands at the same time. These invasions would mark the start of Germany's long expected invasion in the West.
Fort Eban-Emael was a large underground fort that overlooked three secure bridges across the Albert Canal. It was considered to be impenetrable. There were over 1,200 Belgium soldiers that guarded the fort 24/7. Although this base was heavily defended and strong, a 400 soldier glider force quietly attacked the fort. They landed nine gliders directly on the top of the fort. Then they made their way to the gun emplacements and quickly disabled the forts guns. On May 28th, King Leopold surrendered him and his army to the Germans.

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(December 7th, 1941)
The attack on Pearl Harbor is a U.S. navy base located on the island Oahu in Hawaii.
The attack started at 7:55 a.m. and lasted only one hour and fifteen minutes. That morning, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended onto the island. They were able to destroy or damage around twenty American naval vessels, which included eight battleships, and over 300 planes. Over 2,400 Americans lost their lives, including civilians. 1,000 were left wounded. Japan did this with the goal of continuing imperial expansion. If they attacked the U.S. it would weaken them and would be so devastating that they would give up. After Pearl Harbor, the U.S. officially joined the war.

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Between 1935 and 1937 congress passed three neutrality acts that tried to keep the United States out of war. They tried to make it illegal for Americans to sell or transport arms or other war materials. On August 31 1935, president Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the neutrality act.

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(July 26, 1941)
Japanese expansion in East Asia began in 1931 with the invasion of Manchuria and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on China. On September 27, 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, thus entering the military alliance known as the "Axis." Seeking to curb Japanese aggression and force a withdrawal of Japanese forces from Manchuria and China, the United States imposed economic sanctions on Japan. Faced with severe shortages of oil and other natural resources and driven by the ambition to displace the United States as the dominant Pacific power, Japan decided to attack the United States and British forces in Asia and seize the resources of Southeast Asia.

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(January 10, 1941)
On January 10, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt introduces the lend-lease program to Congress. The plan was intended to help Britain beat back Hitler’s advance while keeping America only indirectly involved in World War II.