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End of WW I
WW I ends on November 11th, 1918 at 11:11 A.M. -
Hitler Joins the Nazi Party
Hitler rapidly established a totalitarian regime known as the Third Reich -
Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy
The National Fascist Party was an italian party, created by Bentio Mussolini as the political expression of fascism. -
Establishment of the USSR
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a.k.a. USSR) consisted of Russia and some of the surrounding countries. -
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".[2] 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. -
Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians
Stalin assumed the leading role in Soviet politics after Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924, and gradually marginalized his opponents until he had become the unchallenged leader of the Soviet Union. -
The US and 61 other countries sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact
The pact renounced aggressive war, prohibiting the use of war as "an instrument of national policy" except in matters of self-defense. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese occupation of Manchuria lasted until the end of World War II. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich
Hitler gains the position of the haed leader of the Nazi party and when the Nazi party came into power in Germany, Hitler became the dictaor. -
Roosevelt takes office
FDR's combination of optimism and activism contributed to reviving the national spirit. Working closely with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in leading the Allies against Germany and Japan in World War II. -
Hitler begins military buildup
By March 1935, Hitler felt strong enough to go public on Nazi Germany's military expansion - which broke the terms of the Versailles Treaty. -
The US begins passing the Neutrality Acts
The acts passed between 1935 contained provisions limiting arms sales to nations that were not at war, gave the United States the power to keep citizens from traveling on belligerent ships or to belligerent nations, prohibited loans to belligerent nations and nations that were not repaying previous debts, and forbade American shipping to carry arms to belligerents. -
Civil War beginns in Spain under Francisco Franco
Franco rasies a revloution to overthrow the current Spanish government. -
German troops invade the Rhineland
The Nazi invade the neutral land on the border of France that was once part of Germany -
Italian troops conquer Ethiopia
The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire.The war resulted in the military occupation of Ethiopia and its annexation into the newly created colony of Italian East Africa. -
Japan invades China
After on invasion of Manchuria, Japan quickly expands further going to China next. -
Hitler takes Austria
Hitler claims that the Austrians are harassing the German population in their country and invades it to "liberate the Germans." -
Munich Agreement; Sudetenland to Germany
Germany makes an agreement to take Sudetenland -
Hitler announces plans for lebensraum
Hitler meets up with his top generals to discuss his plans for the Third Reich. -
Franco is successful in Spain
Franco overthrows the Spanish government and Spain becomes a totalitarian government. -
Totalitarian government established in USSR
Stalin forms a totalitarian government to futher his plans for Soviet Russia. -
Russian army into Finland
Known as the Winter War, this confict gave Finland to the USSR. -
Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler
Hitler uses the same excuse he used against the Austrians and invades Czechoslovakia. -
Non-Agression pact; Geramny and Russia; divide Poland
Germany and Russia agree to not fight eachother, and split Poland as part of the deal. -
German invasion of Poland; blitzkrieg
Germany starts its attack on Poland using a strategic tactic called blitzkrieg. -
British and French defeat at Dunkirk
The French and British are trapped in France by Hitler's army. They use all available water craft to move back across the English Channel to England. -
German invasion of Denmark and Norway
Germany decides to invade Denmark and Norway. -
Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany
Germany easily defeated the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in a few months. -
Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France
Italy enters the war and invades France from the south. -
France surrenders to Germany
France accepts Germany's terms of surrender. A puppet government is set up in the south and German troops occupy the north. -
Plans for an invasion of Great Britian; beginning of the Battle of Britian
German planes fly over London and other cities and bomb them.
