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End of WW I
he European nationalism spawned by the war and the breakup of empires, and the repercussions of Germany's defeat and the Treaty of Versailles led to the beginning of World War II in 1939. -
Hitler joins the nazi party
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Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy
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Mussolini takes over in Italy
Fifteen years after Mr Berlusconi brought the neo-Fascists in from the cold, their impact on politics has never been more striking, never more disturbing. The fusion of the two parties does not mark the disappearance of Fascist ideas and practices but rather their triumphant insinuation, an alarming situation in many, many ways. The flames are going out all over Italy. Tomorrow, the flame which for more than 60 years has been the symbol of neo-Fascist continuity with Mussolini, will disappear f -
Establishment of ths USSR
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US and 16 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand
he Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1928 which was signed by sixty-five countries and outlawed... the League. The motives behind this action are honorable but if disputes happened, the League had no way of dealing with them. The Kellogg-Briand...-Briand Pact in 1928 which was signed by sixty-five countries and outlawed war, was completely ignored -
japanese invasion of manchuria
n September 19, 1931, the day after the Mukden Incident, the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, which had decided upon a policy of localizing the incident, communicated its decision to the Kwantung Army command. In violation of orders from Tokyo, Kwantung Army commander in chief General Shigeru Honjo ordered that his forces rapidly proceed to expand operations all along the South Manchurian Railway. Under orders from Lieutenant General Jirō Tamon, troops of the 2nd Division moved up the ra -
Roosevelt takes office
March 4, 1933. Bitter cold weather could not keep away the 150,000 people gathered in front of the White House to see Franklin Delano Roosevelt inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States. It is estimated that another 50 million people listened to his address over the radio. Although the President's acknowledged the grave situation that America faces today, he assured the nation that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -
Roosevelt begins passing Neutrality Acts
he Neutrality Acts were laws that were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. They were spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War I, and sought to ensure that the US would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts. The legacy of the Neutrality Acts in the 1930s was widely regarded as having been generally negati -
Death of Vladimir Lenin;control of USSR to Joseph Stalin;death of 8-13 million Russians
was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years (1917–1924), as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a socialist economic system.
