EVENTS IN EUROPE LEADING TO WORLD WAR II

 

 

1914-1918: World War I leaves Europe in ruins.

1919: _________  ________ leaves Germany powerless. Democracy is attempted in Germany under the ___________  _________. Kaiser Wilhelm flees to Holland. 

1920: ADOLPH HITLER forms N.S.D.A.P. or _________  __________ ___________  _____________  ____________. Its leader forms the political ____________ of NATIONAL SOCIALISM or ________________. 

1921-33: Severe economic ____________ grips Europe. __________________ devalues German Mark. 

1923: Hitler is jailed for treason. He writes _____________   _______________ (My Struggle) while in Landsberg Prison. 

1932: Nazis make a strong showing in Parliamentary elections. They gain a near majority in the German _________________. Nazis gain popularity among people. 

1933: Hitler appointed ______________ by the aging President __________  ___________. The ________________  ________ is passed by the Reichstag making him total ruler of Germany (rule by decree). 

1934: Rearmament begins against restrictions of the Versailles Treaty. 
1936: Hitler reoccupies the ___________________ without opposition .
1936-1937: __________________ is tested in _____________ CIVIL WAR. 
GEN. FRANCISCO _______________ becomes  dictator of Spain. 
1938: ____________ is annexed by Germany. All opposition is silenced, including the assassination of the prime minister.

The ___________   ________________ gives Hitler the __________________.
__________________________ declares "We have peace in our time." Czechoslovakia falls to Germany. 
1939: Invasion of  _______________ by Germany & USSR.

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