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| 1936, March 7–12 |
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| DENUNCIATION OF THE LOCARNO PACTS. Germany denounced the Locarno Pacts and reoccupied the Rhineland area. Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Italy denounced the German action, but Britain was unwilling to invoke sanctions, so the League of Nations' response was limited. The reaction was also influenced by developments in the Ethiopian crisis. | 1 |
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| March 25 |
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| London naval agreement among Britain, France, and the U.S. | 2 |
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| July 18 |
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| BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN (See July 18)). Foreign powers intervened, with Italian and German support for the “Insurgents” and Liberals and Communists supporting the “Republicans” in a battleground of the major international ideological forces. | 3 |
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| July 20 |
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| The Montreux Conference approved the Turkish request for permission to fortify the Straits. | 4 |
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| Oct. 25 |
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| The BERLIN-ROME AXIS established by a German-Italian pact. | 5 |
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| Nov. 25 |
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| A German-Japanese agreement followed by an Italian-Japanese agreement (Nov. 6, 1937) completed the alliance structure of the Axis powers of World War II. | 6 |
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