World War II Chronology

Question 1

Nazis become the largest party in the Reichstag.

Answer 1

1932

Question 2

Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany.

Answer 2

January 1933

Question 3

Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, granting Hitler absolute dictatorial power.

Answer 3

March 1933

Question 4

Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.

Answer 4

October 1933

Question 5

Nuremberg Laws deprive Jews of all rights of citizenship.

Answer 5

1935

Question 6

Hitler announces German rearmament.

Answer 6

March 1935

Question 7

Anglo-German naval agreement is signed.

Answer 7

June 1935

Question 8

Mussolini invades Ethiopia and receives Hitler’s support.

Answer 8

October 1935

Question 9

German armies move unopposed into the demilitarized Rhineland.

Answer 9

March 1936

Question 10

Civil war breaks out in Spain.

Answer 10

July 1936

Question 11

Japan invades China

Answer 11

1937

Question 12

Rome-Berlin Axis in effect.

Answer 12

1937

Question 13

Germany annexes Austria.

Answer 13

March 1938

Question 14

Munich Confederation: Britain and France agree to German seizure of the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.

Answer 14

September 1938

Question 15

Germany occupies the rest of Czechoslovakia

Answer 15

March 1939

Question 16

Appeasement ends in Britain.

Answer 16

March 1939

Question 17

Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact is signed.

Answer 17

August 1939

Question 18

Germany invades Poland.

Answer 18

September 1, 1939

Question 19

Britain and France declare war on Germany.

Answer 19

September 3, 1939