Cold War Timeline - Tensions
- Created by: Kieranpeel
- Created on: 23-08-19 20:27
Date/Event |
How It Caused Tension |
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September 1931 - Japanese invasion of Manchuria |
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January 1933 - Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany and rearms in secret throughout 1933 |
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October 1933 - Germany leaves League of Nations |
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July 1934 - Attempted coup by Hitler to take over Austria but was prevented by Mussolini |
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August 1934 - Hitler becomes Dictator of Germany |
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January 1935 - The Saar is returned to Germany by plebiscite, 90% voted Yes |
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March 1935 - German rearmament, conscription introduced |
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June 1935 - Anglo-German Naval Pact allowed Hitler to increase his navy up to 35% of the British navy |
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October 1935 to May 1936 - Invasion of Abyssinia |
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March 1936 - Remilitarisation of the Rhineland |
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July 1936 to April 1st 1939 - Spanish Civil War, Mussolini and Hitler come closer together. Hitler tests the Luftwaffe |
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November 1936 - Anti-Comintern Pact, Germany and Japan against Communism |
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November 1937 - Anti-Comintern Pact, AXIS ALLIANCE |
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March 1938 - Anschluss with Austria (Plebiscite) 99% vote Yes |
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September 1938 - Hitler invades Sudetenland |
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September 29th 1938 - The Munich Agreement |
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March 15th 1939 - The German army invades the rest of Czechoslovakia |
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March 31st 1939 - Britain promised to defend Poland |
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May 22nd 1939 - Italy and Germany signed the Pact of Steel to help each other in the event of war |
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August 23rd 1939 -Germany and Russia sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact (Non-Aggression Pact), promising not to fight each other |
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September 1st 1939 - German forces invade Poland |
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September 3rd 1939 - Britain declared war on Germany |
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September 17th 1939 - Russia invades Poland from the East |
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June 22nd 1941 - Germany invades Russia |
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December 1941 - America Joins the War |
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