WW2 Timeline Worksheet for 12-Year-Olds | Fill-in-the-Blank Activity

Instructions

Complete the timeline by filling in the blanks with the correct events and leaders. Write your answers in the spaces provided. 1. The _______________________ (leader's name) became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and began implementing aggressive policies.
(Event Title: Rise of Adolf Hitler to Power)
Year: __________ 2. In 1935, Germany _______________________ the Treaty of Versailles by remilitarizing the Rhineland.
(Event Title: Remilitarization of the Rhineland)
Year: 1935 3. The policy of giving in to Germany's demands to avoid war is called _______________________. This policy was used by Britain and France during the 1930s.
(Event Title: Policy of Appeasement)
Year: 1930s 4. In 1937, Japan invaded _______________________, leading to the Second Sino-Japanese War.
(Event Title: Invasion of China)
Year: 1937 5. Germany annexed Austria in 1938 in an event known as the _______________________.
(Event Title: Anschluss)
Year: 1938 6. The Munich Agreement in 1938 allowed Germany to take control of the _______________________ in Czechoslovakia.
(Event Title: Munich Agreement)
Year: 1938 7. In 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a secret pact known as the _______________________ Pact, agreeing not to fight each other.
(Event Title: Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact)
Year: 1939 8. Germany invaded _______________________ in September 1939, which is considered the start of World War II.
(Event Title: Invasion of Poland)
Year: 1939