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World Wars
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Hitler named Chancellor (Political/Social)
By this time, the nazis were the largest political party and President Paul von Hindenburg was advised to name him Chancellor. Hitler came into power legally, and used this power to turn germany into a totalitarian state. -
March on Rome (Military)
Italy puts Mussolini in charge of it's government. This marked the beginning of the of the Fascist Party rule. -
Command Economy (Econimical)
Stalin's plans to advance his country's economy. His idea was a command economy where the government makes all economical decisions. -
5 year plan (Social)
Stalin begins his five year plan. He set goals for factories and mines for production. The production of oil, coal, and steal all increased significantly during this time. -
Black Tuesday (Economical)
This was the day wall street crashed and marked the start of the depression.Caused by people buying on margin and not being able to pay what they owed, expensive stocks became worthless. -
Japanese seize Manchuria (Military)
Japanese seizes Manchuria and began building mines and factories. This was the first direct challenge to the League of Nations. -
The Great Purge (Politcal)
Started by Stalin, acts of terror towards anyone who threatened his power. Many who were suspected, especially old bolsheviks, were sent to labor camps. -
Rhineland (Military)
Hitler goeas against the treaty of Versailles and marched into the rhineland. This action strenghtened Hitler's power and marked a turning point in the march towards war. -
Civil war in Spain (Military)
General Francisco Franco was joined by army leaders who supported the Fascist Government in a revolt against the republicans of Spain. The civil war lasted three years, and Franco had help from Mussolini and Hitler. The republicans of Spain lost and Franco became the Fascist dictator of Spain. -
Guernica (Military)
Franco's german allies bombed the ancient basque city of Guernica in Spain. The city was reduced to a bunch of falling down burned buildings. -
Third Reich (Social)
Third reich is the german empire. Hitler announced that he was going to bring Austria and Czechoslovakia into the german empire even though the treaty of versailles did not allow it. -
Annexing of Austria (Social)
Hitler's army was sent to annex Austria. At this point, France and Britain did not do anything even though they pledged to protect Austria's indepenence. -
Sudentenland (Social)
The sudentenland, which was located on the western borders of czechoslovakia, had about three million german speakers. Germany wanted it, so Hitler demanded that it be given to germany. Czechoslovakia did not like this, so they got France and Britain involved. -
Munich Conference (Political)
Mussolini proposed a meeting with Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy as France and Great Britain were preparing for war. Because they wanted to preserve peace, Hitler could take the Sudetenland as long as he respect the czech borders. -
Kristallnacht (Cultural)
Also known as "Night of the Broken Glass". Jews were attacked in their homes and on the streets by Nazis. Marked the start of the German plan to eliminate the jews. -
France Falls (Social)
The germans had taken paris, and leaders saw that they could not win. French leaders surrendered and and the Germans took control of the northern part of their region. -
Battle of Britain (Military)
Britain started off bombing airfields and aircrafts, but then started bombing major cities. Britain held off and hitler eventually called off the attacks. -
Britain Strikes Back (Military)
After the itlaians forced britain to move it's units back in egypt, britain struck back. The british came back and took 500 miles and 13000 italian prisoners. Hitler had to help the italians so they would not get defeated. -
Pearl Harbor (Military/Cultural)
The Japanese attacked the naval base at pearl harbor. This marked the point when United States joined WWII by declaring war on Japan. -
D-Day (Cultural/Military)
The British, Americans, French, and Canadians stormed the beaches of normandy. There were heavy losses for the allies, but turned the tide of the war and allowed them to liberate other countries.