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End of WWI
World War 1 is over -
Hitler joins Nazi Party
Hitler officially joins the Nazi party and begins his territorial take overs in Europe -
Totalitarian government established in USSR
Stalin dominates the USSR -
Establishment of the USSR
Also known as the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" -
Mussolini Takes over in Italy
Mussolini became the 40th Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 and began using the title Il Duce by 1925. After 1936, his official title was "His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire." Mussolini also created and held the supreme military rank of First Marshal of the Empire along with King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, which gave him and the King joint supreme control over the military of Italy. Mussolini remained in power until he was replaced -
Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 millioin Russians
Stallin is the 2nd greatest man who lived in the modern era in terms of mass genocide; ahead of Hitler; only behind the notorious Mao Zdong -
US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact
An agreement not to fight anymore -
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
Japan takes over Manchuria and nothing is done to stop them -
Roosevelt takes office
stayed in office until he had a stroke -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich
Hitler was elected, but shortly after, he began taking more power, eventually becoming a dictator -
US begins passing Neutrality Acts
these were passed in order to stay out of WWII -
Italian troups conquer Ethiopia
No other country came to Ethiopia's aid -
Hitler Begins Military Build-up
This went against the agreement and treaty that Germany signed -
Civil war begins in Spain under Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco gains control over the government and sets up dictatorship -
German Troops invade Rhineland
Germany signed a contract to agree not to invade any more countries. -
Germany invades China
Successful takeover -
Hitler Announces Secret plans for lebenstraum
The german idea that they needed more living space -
Hitler takes Austria
Claimed he needed it for more living space and that they were mistreating the Germans. -
Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany
Hitler agrees not to take over any more countries, he lies about it. -
Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy
Notorious "Black Shirts" come into the streets and do away with any person against the government -
Franco is successful in Spain
he becomes dictator shortly after his victory in the civil war -
Russian army into Finland
Finns surrender in 3 months -
Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler
Hitler is steam-rolling through all of Europe. -
Non-Agression Pact; Germany and Russia split Poland
Russia and Germany have a secret alliance -
German invasion of Poland; blitzkreig
This is the beginning of WW2 -
British and French defeat at Dunkirk
The Battle of Dunkirk was a battle in the Second World War between the Allies and Germany. A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe from 24 May-4 June 1940. -
Italy enters the war on the side of Germany
Shortly after, they invade France and take over the capitol -
Plans for an invasion of Great Britain; beginning of the battle of Britain
The British navy dominates, then the airforce holds back Germany for 3 days even with constant bombing of England turf -
German invasion of Denmark and Norway
Operation Weserübung was the code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign. The name comes from the German for Operation Weser-Exercise (Unternehmen Weserübung), the Weser being a German river. In the early morning of 9 April 1940 — Wesertag ("Weser Day") — Germany invaded Denmark and Norway, ostensibly as a preventive manoeuvre against a planned, and openly discussed, Franco-British occupation of both these -
Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany
In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and surround the Allied units that had advanced into Belgium. During the fighting, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and many French soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo. -
France surrenders to Germany
This begins the fall of France and the rise of Hitler
