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Mussolini organizes Fascist party in Italy
This was a group of people in "Fighting Bands." The people were in Black Shirts and called his secret police. They controlled what was all around the citizens. They broke up rallies and opposing forces while ousting political rivals. -
Mussolini named Prime Minister of Italy
Italy was slipping into chaos and Mussolini said he could help them. He was granted the right to help. He slowly dismantled everything and controlled everything. He effectively used propaganda to sway the public. -
Joesph Stalin becomes leader of Soviet Union
He became leader after Lenin was assassinated by one of Stalin's supporters in Mexico. Stalin used his power to make him the leader of The Soviet Union. He quickly began to spread his influence to win over absolute loyalty from the people. -
The Manchurian Incident
The Chinese rigged explosives along Japanese railways. This enraged the Japanese and responded harshly when they attacked eastern China. -
Japan invades Eastern China
Japan took control of eastern China and had control of the major ports. Japan had a better army than China so the Japanese got farther into China. They pushed them all the way back to Nanjing. -
Japan withdraws from League of Nations
Tired of being the scapegoat for past events, Japan makes a bold move to withdraw completely from the League of Nations. This causes widespread outrage. Withdraws -
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U.S. Passes Neutrality Acts
Not wanting to meddle with anymore foreign affairs, the US signed a number of neutrality acts such as the ban of selling weapons to countries currently embroiled in war. These later had some negative and unexpected side effects. Acts -
Italy invades Ethiopia
This was because Italy was upset over the lost of the land they lost. So they fought for it.Invasion -
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The Spanish Civil War
An initial military coup failed to win a war for the entire country. This massive failure caused yet another war to sweep the nation by storm. Spanish Civil War -
The Munich Conference
Hitler gathered many leaders from different countries to explain his demands. He promised all the conquest would be halted if Czechoslovakia agreed to hand over Sudetenland to Germany. Hitler argued that many native Germans were living there and should be brought back. Britain and France caved and gave in to his demands without a fight. The Munich Conference -
Germany annexes Sudetenland
The Germans from Sudetenland were put into a country of Czechoslovakia. Germany wanted the land.The Annex of Sudetenland -
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Kristallnacht
Translates to "Night of the broken glass". Nazis went out one night destroying any Jewish business they could find. They covered up the event with propaganda to make it appear as if it was the Jews fault. The Night -
Germany takes the rest of Czechoslovakia
Hitler's appeasement came at a high cost. Sudetenland also held a large sum of Czechoslovakia's resources and power. This heavy loss made them vulnerable to complete German domination. The Czech government tried everything to appease Hitler, but to no avail. -
Germany invades Poland
Noted in "Mein Kampf", Hitler explained that Germans needed more living space to achieve a better future. He also did this out of revenge against a number of people and ideologies. -
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis formed
This was a ten year plan to keep cooperation between them in the war. With similar goals, they agreed to team up and not stand in the way of each other's ambitions.
