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Wall Street Crash
The Wall Street Crash was to have a tremendous impact on the whole population. The fall in share prices made it difficult for entrepreneurs to raise the money needed to run their companies. -
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The depression and Britain
Depression wrecked traditional manufacturing industries -
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Isolationism
IsolationismUsa politicians became even more isolationist. They were more interested in rebuilding the American economy. -
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USA economy
National income of the USA fell by nearly a half -
Depression
Depression was a piece of luck for Hitler's Nazi Party. Became the second largest party in Germany -
Japan attacked Manchuria
Japan attacked the Chinese province of Manchuria -
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Unemployment in France
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Pound
The value of pound was reduced and it was no longer linked to the price of gold. -
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Communist Party
The Communist Party do very well in elections, this led to do a great surge in extreme right-wing political support. -
New Deal
Usa new president elected Roosevelt. Called for a New Deal for America -
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party became the largest in Reichstag -
Hitler
Hitler became chancellor of Germany -
German army.
Hitler instructed the german general, Von Fritsch, to create an army of the greatest possible strength -
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The depression and France
The depression took longer to have an impact on France because the French economy depended less on international trade. French industry went through a great industry. -
Hitler took complete control.
Democracy ended with the 'Enabling law'. Hitler became dictator of Germany. -
Out of League of Nations
Hitler retired Germany from the League of Nations -
Armament
German army was growing. They were making aircraft and warships -
Soviet Union
The soviet union became a member of the League -
The Stresa Front
An anti-German grouping of Italy, Britain and France -
More soldiers
Hitler introduced conscription and began to increase massively the number of german soldiers -
Italy invaded Abyssinia
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Mussolini support Hitler in Austria
Mussolini thanked Hitler and made it clear that he was happy for an increase in German control over Austria -
Spanish Civil War Broke Out
When this happened, Germany and Italy sent help to the anti-government side. The Spanish government appealed to the League: the League did nothing -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Mussolini join forces with Hitler -
Hitler over the Rhineland
He ordered German troops to march into the Rhineland -
Anti-Comintern Pact
Germany, Italy and Japan join and sign this pact to work together against communism. But also was a step towards an alliance of those countries that wanted to take land off their neighbours -
Britain rearmament
Full-scale rearmament of Britain army -
Germany invaded Austria
the german army invaded austria. Arrest began immediately. 76000 people were arrested -
Sudetenland took over
on 1 october german troops marched unopposed into the Sudetenlands. Czech President was forced to go into exile -
Czechoslovakia
Hitler invaded what was left of Czechoslovakia without any resistance. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Stalin sorprised everyone by making a pact with Hitler. He agreed because of the "secret protocol". -
Hitler in Poland
German forces entered Polish territory on 1 September -
Declaration of War
British and French governments declared war on Germany. The Second Worl War had begun.
