Nazi Foreign Policy and the Road to World War II (1933–1939)

1. Four-Power Pact signed in Rome

   Jul 15, 1933Labels: Four-Power Pact, Italy, United Kingdom

   • Four Power Pact

2. Germany announces League of Nations withdrawal

   Oct 14, 1933Labels: League of, World Disarmament

   • UPI Archives

3. German–Polish Non-Aggression Declaration signed

   Jan 26, 1934Labels: German Polish, Poland

   • German Polish Pact

4. Saar referendum votes for reunification with Germany

   Jan 13, 1935Labels: Saar Plebiscite, Saar

   • Saar Referendum
   • US Historian

5. Germany reintroduces conscription, expands Wehrmacht

   Mar 16, 1935Labels: Wehrmacht, conscription

   • UPI Archives

6. Stresa Front agreement reached

   Apr 14, 1935Labels: Stresa Front, France

   • Stresa Front

7. Franco-Soviet Mutual Assistance Treaty concluded

   May 2, 1935Labels: Franco-Soviet Treaty, Soviet Union

   • US Historian
   • Franco Soviet Treaty

8. Anglo-German Naval Agreement signed

   Jun 18, 1935Labels: Anglo-German Naval, United Kingdom

   • Britannica
   • USHMM

9. Germany’s League of Nations membership ends

   Oct 21, 1935Labels: League of, Germany

   • Oct 1935

10. Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland

    Mar 7, 1936Labels: Rhineland, German forces

    • USHMM
    • Rhineland

11. Rome–Berlin Axis agreement reached

    Oct 25, 1936Labels: Rome Berlin, Italy

    • Britannica

12. Anti-Comintern Pact signed with Japan

    Nov 25, 1936Labels: Anti-Comintern Pact, Japan

    • Britannica
    • Anti Comintern

13. Hossbach Conference outlines expansion priorities

    Nov 5, 1937Labels: Hossbach Memorandum, Hitler

    • Hossbach Memo

14. Germany annexes Austria (Anschluss)

    Mar 12, 1938Labels: Anschluss, Austria

    • History com

15. Munich Agreement cedes Sudetenland to Germany

    Sep 30, 1938Labels: Munich Agreement, Sudetenland

    • Britannica

16. First Vienna Award redraws Czechoslovak borders

    Nov 2, 1938Labels: First Vienna, Czechoslovakia

    • First Vienna

17. Germany occupies Czech lands

    Mar 15, 1939Labels: Bohemia and, German occupation

    • History com
    • Occupation

18. Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia proclaimed

    Mar 16, 1939Labels: Protectorate of, Hitler

    • Protectorate

19. German–Soviet Credit Agreement signed

    Aug 19, 1939Labels: German Soviet, Soviet Union

    • Credit Agreement

20. Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact signed

    Aug 23, 1939Labels: Molotov Ribbentrop, secret protocol

    • Britannica
    • MR Pact

21. Germany invades Poland

    Sep 1, 1939Labels: Invasion of, Germany

    • Britannica