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| − | *19 April: Germany and Soviet Russia agree to exchange war prisoners. |
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| + | *14 March: Central Schleswig votes for reunification with Germany. |
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| + | *20 March: North Schleswig votes for reunion with Germany by 90%. |
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| − | *1 July: Stresemann and Briand begin negotiations regarding Germany's payment of reparations. |
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| − | *21 July: High inflation begins in Austria. |
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*27 October: Mussolini establishes his Fascist dictatorship in Italy. |
*27 October: Mussolini establishes his Fascist dictatorship in Italy. |
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| + | *11 January: Following a late reparations payment, Stresemann persuade France to not invade the Ruhr. |
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| − | *11 January: Stresemann persuades Briand not to send troops into the Ruhr area,after a late reparation payment.. |
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+ | *3 June: Stresemann becomes Chancellor of Germany. |
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+ | *18 September: Germany presses for a plebiscite to be held in Eupen-Malmedy, who vote to rejoin Germany. |
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+ | *22 November: After German requests for a plebiscite to be held in Alsace-Lorraine, a referendum is held in the region. |
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+ | *23 November: When it becomes known that the result is a stalemate, France threatens to invade unless Germany backs down. |
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+ | *24 November: Britain proposes a division of the region into Alsace (ceded to Germany) and Lorraine (ceded to France). Although Germany quickly accepts, France grumbles and complains before accepting the proposal. |
| − | *29 December: France accepts. |
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| − | *28 February: German President |
+ | *28 February: The German President makes a state visit to Britain. This marks an era of reconciliation between the two nations. |
| − | *1 December: The |
+ | *1 December: The Treaty of Locarno is signed between Germany and the western countries. Germany accepts her western borders. |
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*14 January: Germany joins the League of Nations and becomes the fifth permanant Council member. |
*14 January: Germany joins the League of Nations and becomes the fifth permanant Council member. |
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| − | *10 September: After |
+ | *10 September: After German lobbying for a referendum in the Memel territory, the region votes in favour of reunification. |
| + | *3 October: The Nobel Committee announces that the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to Austen Chaimberland, Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann for the Locarno Treaty. |
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| − | *24 April: Germany and the Soviet Union |
+ | *24 April: The Treaty of Berlin is signed between Germany and the Soviet Union. Both countries pledge neutrality in the event of a attack by another country. |
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| − | *9 November: |
+ | *9 November: The Treaty of Munich is signed by Germany and Czechoslovakia formally recognizing the border between Germany and Czechoslovakia in return for concessions to the German minority in the Sudetenland, including recognition of German as an official language of Czechoslovakia and a minimum number of spots in the Czech cabinet for ethnic Germans. |
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| − | *24 October: Chancellor Stresemann dies of a heart attack. |
+ | *24 October: Chancellor Stresemann dies of a heart attack. A day of national mourning is decreed. |
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| − | *10 December: The Wall Street stock market |
+ | *10 December: The Wall Street stock market collapses and starts the Great Depression. |
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+ | *30 June: Germany, France and Britain agree to a moratorium on reparations. |
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| + | *11 August: The Austrian Creditanstalt collapses. |
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| − | *19 September: Japan launches an invasion of Manchuria. |
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| − | *10 April: Hindenburg is elected President of Germany. |
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+ | *7 August: Carl Goerdeler becomes Chancellor of Germany. |
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| − | *21 March: |
+ | *21 March: Hitler instigates the Austrian Civil War. Hitler's faction attacks Dolfuss' faction. Socialist take Vienna. Albert Einstein leaves Austria for Germany. |
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| − | *22 March: The Socialists join in and take over Vienna. |
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| − | *7 May: Italy begins sending aid to the Hitler and Dolfuss factions. |
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| − | *9 May: The Soviet Union sends aid to the Socialists in Austria. |
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| − | *2 July: President Hindenburg dies. A national day of mourning is decreed by Goerdeler. |
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*13 January: The Saar region votes to rejoin Germany. |
*13 January: The Saar region votes to rejoin Germany. |
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| − | *20 May: Under pressure from Great Britain and with worsening economic problems, France acquiesces to "limited" German rearmament |
+ | *20 May: Under pressure from Great Britain and with worsening economic problems, France acquiesces to "limited" German rearmament. |
| ⚫ | *30 August: A token military force enters the Rhineland. The French government proclaims this as a great diplomatic victory, as the German force is not even strong enough to defend the Rhineland, posting no threat to France. The German government points to this as the full restoration of German sovereignty and the return of Germany as a full member of the international family of nations. |
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| + | *3 October: Italian troops invade Abyssinia. |
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| − | *3 October: Italy invades Abyssnia. |
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+ | *30 May: Italy annexes Abyssinia after over a year of fighting. |
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+ | *29 June: After the League's condemnation of the invasion, Italy leaves the League of Nations. |
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+ | *10 July: The Spanish Civil War begins. |
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+ | *1 September: Dolfuss' faction defeats the Socialists in Vienna but are promptly attacked by Hitler's faction. |
| − | *20 September: Fed up with the chaos in Austria and civil war in Spain, |
+ | *20 September: Fed up with the chaos in Austria and now civil war in Spain, Britain and France agree to allow Germany to intervene in Austria. German troops stream over the border and are regarded as saviours by the war-weary Austrians. To further reassure Britain and France as well as to cement growing relations, Germany and Czechoslovakia sign a treaty of mutual defence. |
| + | *21 October: Hitler commits suicide in his mountain retreat, rather than surrender. Both Dolfuss' and Hitler's factions have surrender. Dolfuss retires from politics. |
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| − | *21 September: To reassure Britain and France and to cement growing relations, Germany and Czechoslovakia sign a treaty of mutual defence. |
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| − | *21 October: Hitler commits suicide in his hideout in the Alps. The fighting subsides as the last ofthe factions surrender. |
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| − | *22 October: Dolfuss retires from politics. |
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| + | *14 February: The Austrians ovewhelmingly vote in favour of unification with Germany. Although the Treaty of St Germaine forbade a union with Germany, the Reich points out that they were not party to that agreement and the Austrian government had ceased to exist. World sentiment favours the unification. |
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| − | *14 February: The Austrians overwhelmingly vote for unification with Germany. |
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| + | *15 March: Concerned at the close ties that have developed between Soviet military officers and the Germans during the years of co-operation of the 1920s, Stalin launches a purge of the Red Army that cripples the army for the next few years. |
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| − | *12 April: Italy and Hungary |
+ | *12 April: Italy and Hungary form a mutual defence pact, called the Rome-Budapest Axis by Mussolini. |
| − | *24 July: Germany proposes a referendum in |
+ | *24 July: Germany proposes a referendum in the Polish Corridor and Danzig. Poland opposes the idea. |
| − | *20 August: The Polish President accepts the proposal of a referendum but demands that it happens by mid-September. |
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| + | *20 August: Thinking that Poland could win the referendums and noting that a significant portion of the Wehrmacht will still be in Austria, the Polish President demands that the referendums must be held before mid-September: Germany accepts this demand. |
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| − | *15 September: The plebicites in the Polish Corridor and Danzig our held and favour reunification with Germany. |
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| − | *16 September: When the results become known, Poland claims that Germany rigged it and begin to move troops into the Polish Corridor as a "stabilising measure." |
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| + | *16 September: When the results of the referendum become known, Poland insists that the Germans rigged it and begin moving troops into the Corridor as a "stablising measure." Hours later, heavy German troop movement is reported all along the Polish border. Even the Czechs appear to be mobilising. |
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+ | *17 September: The Germans launch an aerial invasion of the Polish Corridor. Paratroops land throughout the Corridor within the lines of the Polish forces. The Polish troops flee in confusion. Troops moving in from Germany take advantage of the confusion and punch through to East Prussia. |
| − | *18 September: Czech troops starts mobilising and launch an invasion of Galicia. |
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| + | *25 September: The British and French Prime Minsters meet with the German leaders to discuss the Polish Crisis. The German Chancellor promises the British and the French that they have no more land claims on Poland. In return, Britain and France agree to support the German annexation. |
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| − | *25 September: German and Czech troops take up defensive positions. |
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| − | *26 September: Britain and France meet with Germany to discuss the Polish Crisis. In return for allowing Germany to keep the captured territory, Germany must accept the rest of her eastern borders with Poland. The Polish government is forces to accept what is referred to as "the selling-out of Poland." |
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| − | *15 January: Poland joins the Axis. |
+ | *15 January: Poland formally joins the Axis. |
| − | *1 May: Germany, Finland, |
+ | *1 May: Germany, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Czechoslovakia announce a European Alliance to defend against Communism and fascism. Britain quietly gives assurances of support for the group as well. |
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*17 April: Italy invades Albania. |
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+ | *23 June: The Spanish Civil war ends, Franco's forces have defeated the Republican government and taken Madrid. |
| − | *1 October: Italy, |
+ | *1 October: Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria launch a surprise invasion of Yugoslavia. German forces in former Austria begin mobilizing. Britain and France demand that the Axis' meet for mediation. |
| − | *4 November: The Trieste Conference results in Italy and |
+ | *4 November: The Trieste Conference results in Italy, Bulgaria and Hungary receiving some token concessions. |
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+ | *9 December: Yugoslavia joins the European Alliance. |
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+ | *1 September: Romanian negotiations to join the Axis break down over demands of land concessions to Hungary and Bulgaria. Fearing that the Romanians may instead join the European Alliance, Hungary and Bulgaria launch an invasion of Romania. |
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+ | *25 December: Bulgarian and Hungarian forces withdraw from Romania. |
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*20 January: Romania joins the European Alliance. |
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| − | *9 March: Soviet forces march towards Harbin in Manchuria. |
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| − | *17 March: Harbin falls to the Soviets. |
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| − | *15 May: A ceasefire between China and Japan allows the latter to move troops to face the Soviets. |
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| − | *6 June: An Japanese air campaign wipes out the majority of the Soviet air force. |
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| − | *12 July: Japan withdraws from Manchuria and set up a vigorous defensive line protecting the Korean peninsula. |
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| − | *15 July: Soviet forces arrive at the Japanese lines and, unable to outflank it, attempt to punch straight through but are repulsed. |
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| − | *1 May: Alarmed at the aggressiveness of the Soviet Union during the war and impressed at the demonstrations of the German fighter jet, Sweden and Norway join the European Alliance. |
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| − | *28 October: The Axis attempt an invasion of Greece. Italy and Bulgaria don't get very far. |
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| − | *20 November: Britain begins supplying Greece with supplies and weapons. |
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| − | *21 November: Greece launches a counter-offensive regaining much of the captured territory. |
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| − | *1 December: Faced with French disinterst in an confrontation with Italy, Britain turns to Germany and the European Alliance. They send a joint demand for the Axis to withdraw or risk war. |
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| − | *2 December: The armed forces of the European Alliance begin mobilising. The Axis hold an emergency conference in Rome. |
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| − | *3 December: The Axis begin withdrawing from Greece. Germany invites Greece and Turkey to join the European Alliance. Britain joins the EA. |
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| − | *7 February: Turkey joins the European Alliance. With borders with both communist and fascists, they consider this their best option. |
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| − | *21 February: Greece joins the European Alliance. With their pre-Greek Crisis neutrality stad shot to bits by the invasion, they feel joing the EA is the safest course of action. |
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| − | *2 March: Italian forces cross into Tunisia from Libya. Mussolini demands an apology from the French government. |
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| − | *9 March: Mussolini starts a massive military build-up in Libya. |
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| − | *4 April: Italian forces cross into Tunisia and smash through the French defences. |
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| − | *5 April: French troops withdraw north. |
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| − | *19 April: Italy starts an air campaign against the air fields of southern France and the island of Corsica. |
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| − | *22 May: Germany promises to stay neutral in the conflict. |
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| − | *10 July: The Italian air force starts bombing French cities. |
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| − | *11 July: France responds by bombing Italian cities. |
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| − | *3 August: French troops group in Equatorial Guinea and begin marching upwards to Libya. |
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| − | *19 August: The Italians find themsleves surrounded by French troops coming up into Libya and French troops pouring down into the Mediterranean. |
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| − | *9 October: Mussolini is forced to resign. |
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| − | *29 January: The British-mediated Treaty of Nice is signed. The French recovered French Somaliland and kept Libya and Sardinia. Albania was granted its independence. Abyssinia also regained its independence once more and was given Eritrea as a sea access, both as a reward for the Abyssinian insurrection that tied down Italian troops and to placate the UK, who did not wish to see the French presence grow in East Africa. Similarly, Italian Somaliland stayed in the hands of the Italians due to British worries about French encroachment in East Africa and their preference to have a now weak Italy in control of that area than a strong France. The Franco-Italian border was demilitarized. The Italian army was reduced to 200,000 men and prohibited from having chemical weapons or armored vehicles. Also the two newest remaining battleships, the Littorio and the Vittorio Veneto were taken by the French as war booty while the Italian navy had to discard their submarine fleet and was prohibited from building more battleships, aircraft carriers or ships with guns bigger than 12”. Italy’s bid to be a major power was over. Another result of this treaty was the effective end of the Axis alliance, as the Italians were forced to repudiate all previous security agreements. |
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| − | *12 March: A coup against the fascist government in Hungary occurs and is funded by the German government. A constitutional monarchy is established. In return for German support, the monarch renounces any claims to former Hapsburg land outside Hungary. |
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1920
- 8 March: South Schleswig votes to rejoin Germany by 90%.
- 14 March: Central Schleswig votes for reunification with Germany.
- 20 March: North Schleswig votes for reunion with Germany by 90%.
- 31 March: Adolf Hitler is deported back to Austria for being a political spy in the Wehrmacht.
- 20 June: Stresemann becomes Foreign Minister of Germany.
1921
- 16 January: Aristide Briand becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 21 March: Upper Silesia votes to rejoin Germany.
- 24 March: Polish forces invade Upper Silesia.
- 25 March: Stresemann persuades Briand to force the Poles to leave.
1922
- 15 January: Stresemann secures loans to Germany, fixing the Reichsmark to a gold standard.
- 16 April: The Treaty of Rapallo is signed between Germany and Soviet Russia. Both countries renounce territorial and financial claims against the other.
- 27 October: Mussolini establishes his Fascist dictatorship in Italy.
1923
- 11 January: Following a late reparations payment, Stresemann persuade France to not invade the Ruhr.
- 3 June: Stresemann becomes Chancellor of Germany.
- 18 September: Germany presses for a plebiscite to be held in Eupen-Malmedy, who vote to rejoin Germany.
- 22 November: After German requests for a plebiscite to be held in Alsace-Lorraine, a referendum is held in the region.
- 23 November: When it becomes known that the result is a stalemate, France threatens to invade unless Germany backs down.
- 24 November: Britain proposes a division of the region into Alsace (ceded to Germany) and Lorraine (ceded to France). Although Germany quickly accepts, France grumbles and complains before accepting the proposal.
1924
- 28 February: The German President makes a state visit to Britain. This marks an era of reconciliation between the two nations.
- 1 December: The Treaty of Locarno is signed between Germany and the western countries. Germany accepts her western borders.
1925
- 14 January: Germany joins the League of Nations and becomes the fifth permanant Council member.
- 10 September: After German lobbying for a referendum in the Memel territory, the region votes in favour of reunification.
- 3 October: The Nobel Committee announces that the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to Austen Chaimberland, Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann for the Locarno Treaty.
1926
- 24 April: The Treaty of Berlin is signed between Germany and the Soviet Union. Both countries pledge neutrality in the event of a attack by another country.
1927
- 9 November: The Treaty of Munich is signed by Germany and Czechoslovakia formally recognizing the border between Germany and Czechoslovakia in return for concessions to the German minority in the Sudetenland, including recognition of German as an official language of Czechoslovakia and a minimum number of spots in the Czech cabinet for ethnic Germans.
1928
- 24 October: Chancellor Stresemann dies of a heart attack. A day of national mourning is decreed.
1929
- 10 December: The Wall Street stock market collapses and starts the Great Depression.
1930
- 30 June: Germany, France and Britain agree to a moratorium on reparations.
1931
- 11 August: The Austrian Creditanstalt collapses.
- 13 September: The German bank crisis occurs.
1932
- 20 April: Germany presses for a plebiscite in Posen. Britain ignores Polish protests and accepts.
- 24 April: Posen votes to rejoin Germany.
1933
- 7 August: Carl Goerdeler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
1934
- 21 March: Hitler instigates the Austrian Civil War. Hitler's faction attacks Dolfuss' faction. Socialist take Vienna. Albert Einstein leaves Austria for Germany.
- 5 May: The League of Nations declares an arms embargo on both sides of the Austrian Civil War. Italy and the Soviet Union promptly break the embargo.
1935
- 13 January: The Saar region votes to rejoin Germany.
- 20 May: Under pressure from Great Britain and with worsening economic problems, France acquiesces to "limited" German rearmament.
- 30 August: A token military force enters the Rhineland. The French government proclaims this as a great diplomatic victory, as the German force is not even strong enough to defend the Rhineland, posting no threat to France. The German government points to this as the full restoration of German sovereignty and the return of Germany as a full member of the international family of nations.
- 3 October: Italian troops invade Abyssinia.
1936
- 30 May: Italy annexes Abyssinia after over a year of fighting.
- 29 June: After the League's condemnation of the invasion, Italy leaves the League of Nations.
- 10 July: The Spanish Civil War begins.
- 1 September: Dolfuss' faction defeats the Socialists in Vienna but are promptly attacked by Hitler's faction.
- 20 September: Fed up with the chaos in Austria and now civil war in Spain, Britain and France agree to allow Germany to intervene in Austria. German troops stream over the border and are regarded as saviours by the war-weary Austrians. To further reassure Britain and France as well as to cement growing relations, Germany and Czechoslovakia sign a treaty of mutual defence.
- 21 October: Hitler commits suicide in his mountain retreat, rather than surrender. Both Dolfuss' and Hitler's factions have surrender. Dolfuss retires from politics.
- 9 December: Italy acquiesces to a German occupation of Austria and a vote on an Anschluss between the two countries.
1937
- 14 February: The Austrians ovewhelmingly vote in favour of unification with Germany. Although the Treaty of St Germaine forbade a union with Germany, the Reich points out that they were not party to that agreement and the Austrian government had ceased to exist. World sentiment favours the unification.
- 15 March: Concerned at the close ties that have developed between Soviet military officers and the Germans during the years of co-operation of the 1920s, Stalin launches a purge of the Red Army that cripples the army for the next few years.
- 12 April: Italy and Hungary form a mutual defence pact, called the Rome-Budapest Axis by Mussolini.
- 24 July: Germany proposes a referendum in the Polish Corridor and Danzig. Poland opposes the idea.
- 20 August: Thinking that Poland could win the referendums and noting that a significant portion of the Wehrmacht will still be in Austria, the Polish President demands that the referendums must be held before mid-September: Germany accepts this demand.
- 15 September: The Polish Corridor plebiscite is held and favours reunification with Germany.
- 16 September: When the results of the referendum become known, Poland insists that the Germans rigged it and begin moving troops into the Corridor as a "stablising measure." Hours later, heavy German troop movement is reported all along the Polish border. Even the Czechs appear to be mobilising.
- 17 September: The Germans launch an aerial invasion of the Polish Corridor. Paratroops land throughout the Corridor within the lines of the Polish forces. The Polish troops flee in confusion. Troops moving in from Germany take advantage of the confusion and punch through to East Prussia.
- 25 September: The British and French Prime Minsters meet with the German leaders to discuss the Polish Crisis. The German Chancellor promises the British and the French that they have no more land claims on Poland. In return, Britain and France agree to support the German annexation.
1938
- 15 January: Poland formally joins the Axis.
- 1 May: Germany, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Czechoslovakia announce a European Alliance to defend against Communism and fascism. Britain quietly gives assurances of support for the group as well.
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1939
- 9 February: Bulgaria joins the Axis.
- 17 April: Italy invades Albania.
- 23 June: The Spanish Civil war ends, Franco's forces have defeated the Republican government and taken Madrid.
- 1 October: Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria launch a surprise invasion of Yugoslavia. German forces in former Austria begin mobilizing. Britain and France demand that the Axis' meet for mediation.
- 4 November: The Trieste Conference results in Italy, Bulgaria and Hungary receiving some token concessions.
- 9 December: Yugoslavia joins the European Alliance.
1940
- 1 September: Romanian negotiations to join the Axis break down over demands of land concessions to Hungary and Bulgaria. Fearing that the Romanians may instead join the European Alliance, Hungary and Bulgaria launch an invasion of Romania.
- 25 December: Bulgarian and Hungarian forces withdraw from Romania.
1941
- 20 January: Romania joins the European Alliance.
- 9 August: The Second Russo-Japanese War starts.
- 12 August: The Japanese Navy pound the Russian Fleet into oblivion and proceed to shell the port and naval base to pieces.
- 18 August: The Japanese capture Sakhalin Island.