 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubva muna 1935 kusvika muna 1939, Germany neItaly dzakawedzera kuda kwadzo nzvimbo uye simba guru munhau dzenyika. Italy yakapinda muEthiopia muna 1935 zvichiguma nokushoropodzwa kwayo neLeague of Nations uye kupararira kwayo kwega kwezvematongerwo enyika. Muna 1936, Germany yakashandisazve mauto muRhineland ine maindasitiri, nharaunda yakanga yarayirwa kuti isashandiswa zvombo neChibvumirano cheVersailles. Muna 1938, Germany yakabatanidza Austria uye Italy yakabatsira Germany mukugadzirisa dambudziko rezvematongerwo enyika pakati peGermany neBritain neFrance pamusoro pekuda kuCzechoslovakia nekuronga Chibvumirano cheMunich chakapa Germany Sudetenland uye chakaonekwa panguva iyoyo kuti chakadzivisa hondo yeEurope. Tariro idzi dzakapera apo Czechoslovakia yakaparadzwa nokuparidzirwa kwenyika yechiGerman yeSlovakia, yakateverwa nezuva rakatevera rekugara kweZimbabwe dzeCzech dzasara uye kuparidzirwa kweGermany Protectorate yeBohemia neMoravia. Panguva imwe cheteyo kubva muna 1938 kusvikira muna 1939, Italy yakanga ichikumbira migove yenharaunda nekoloni kubva kuFrance neBritain. Muna 1939, Germany yakagadzirira hondo nePoland, asi yakaedza kuwana migove yenharaunda kubva kuPoland nenzira dzokukurukurirana. Hurumende yePoland haina kuvimba nezvipikirwa zvaHitler uye yakaramba kubvuma zvaidiwa neGermany. 