-
Period: to
The Weimar Rebuplic
IN 1919, the National assembly was elected to write a new constitution and they met at Weimar. The new republic was called the Weimar republic hence the met at Weimar. The Republic ended in 1933 when Hitler established a dictatorship. Berentsen, William H. "Weimar." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 6 May 2014. -
Period: to
Great Depression
The Depression in Europe started due to extreme inflation. The U.S. suffered because of poor agriculture and stock market crashes.This was a problem because the farmers could not sell crops because they had nobody to sell them to, The emploment wwent went form 3% to 9% during this time. The depression finally ended when WW2 started and many jobs opened up to make goods needed for the war. Mitchener, Kris James. "Great Depression." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 6 May 2014. -
Versialles Treaty Citations
Wawro, Geoffrey. "Versailles, Treaty of." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 2 May 2014. -
Versailles Treaty
The fighting against Germany was stoped on November 11, 1918 when Germany signed an armistice. The treaty gets its name because it was signed on June 29, 1919 in at the palace of Versailles. The actions of the Treaty went into effect on Janurary 10, 1920. The treaty brought peace to all those that signed it and it reorganized the boundraries that were broken during the war. The price Germany had to pay was a loss of land, reperations, and its army was limited to a fixed amount of soldiers. -
Start of Soviet Union
Lenin became extremely ill in 1922 and could no longer be the dictator anymore.Leon Trotsky became the leader after Lenin but Stalin wanted things to change. Stalin had a large number or people from the party supporting him and he went up the ranks to become leader. Stalin gained power in 1925 and introduced his first five year plan in 1928 to become the Soviet Union. Millar, James R. "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.)." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 5 May 2014. -
Beer Hall Putsch, Mein Kampf
A rally in Munich beer hall where Hitler started a Nazi revolution against the Bavarian government. A man named Erich Ludendorff led 2,000 troopers to attack the Bavarian government, as a result the police shot down 16 men and Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison. Mein Kampf was the book Hitler wrote while in prison and it explained his plans for Germany in the future.Hoffmann, Peter. "Hitler, Adolf." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 2 May 2014. -
Mussolini takes over
Mussolini served in the army in his younger days and in 1920 he became the leader of Italy.In 1925 he formed a dictatorship and with harsh rule he managed to get rid of political parties and have more say in things than the Catholic church.1935 he conquered Ethopia and in 1936 he started to start working with Hitler to fight the Spanish civil war. Cannistraro, Philip V. "Mussolini, Benito." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 5 May 2014. -
Stalin gains power
When Lenin died in 1924, the Bolsheviks were hesitant to let Stalin become leader, but they agreed to let him become leader if he changed his attitude. He introduced the five year plan to get rid of private businesses. Later, he wanted to make Russia dominate all throughout the U.S.S.R so he sent all non Russias to labor camps or had them executed.
Marrin, Albert. "Stalin, Joseph." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 4 May 2014. -
Period: to
Military actions and response of the League of Nations
Japan attacked Manchuria, China because they were in depression and nobody seemed to care at the time. As a result they had disputes with the League of Nations and got kicked out in 1933. Mussolini took control of Ethopia in 1935 and the League didn't do anything because they didn't want to upset Italy.The League was not taken seriously from this point on. Goda, Norman J. W. "League of Nations." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 6 May 2014. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
When the election started, Hitler wanted to be named chancellor because he was the leader of the strongest party. The people of Germany disaggred because they though he would form a dictatorship and a reign of Terror. Hitler agreed with German's president to act lawfully and from then on he was declared Chancellor.
Hoffmann, Peter. "Hitler, Adolf." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 4 May 2014. -
Period: to
Rise of Totalitarianism
Once Hitler become chancellor he saw that there were other leaders in power such as Mussolini and later Stalin. Hitler noticed that since Mussolini used facism and get away with it, he could do the same thing to the Jews.Hitler suprised people by joining forces with Italy but in the end it was his plan to conquer using Totalitarianism. Stokesbury, James L. "World War II." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 6 May 2014. -
Reichstag Fire
Reichstag was basically the Nazi Parliament and it was Germany's strongest party at the time. Towards the end of Feburary the Reichstag building caught on fire and quickly blamed on a Communist, even though it was said that the Nazi party were the ones who did it. Hoffmann, Peter. "Hitler, Adolf." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 4 May 2014. -
The Law for the Protection of German Blood(Nuremberg law)
This law prohibited Jews from marrying or having sex with any German. This law also stated that a Jew could not have a non Jew working in their house unless she was over the age of thirty-five. Lastly, Jews were not allowed to hang the German flag in front of their house. Engel, David. "Nuremberg Laws." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 4 May 2014. -
The Reich Citizenship Law(Nuremberg law)
This law stated that Jews could not be citizens. This went for anyone who two or more grandparents of Jewish descent. The Nazis thought that Jews had bad genes and that they couldn's be perfect Nazis with Jews in their presence. Engel, David. "Nuremberg Laws." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 4 May 2014. -
Appeasement
The United Kingdom and France wanted to avoid war with Germany in any way possible so they decided to have a conference in Munich,Germany in September of 1938. They countires agreed that if Germany gets Sudetenland, then they will not have a conflict with the United Kingdom or France. Goda, Norman J. W. "Munich Agreement." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 4 May 2014. -
Kristallnacht
"The night of broken glass" or the "crystal night" was the night where Nazis attacked Jewish businesses and synagogues all throughout Germany. This eventually lead to the Holocaust because Hitler made anti-Semitism seem O.K. to do because he made it a governemnt policy in 1933. Kornblum, Aaron T. "Kristallnacht." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 4 May 2014. -
Nazi- Soviet Non- Aggression pact
The world was supprised at this action because the Soviets were supposed to help out France and Poland but instead they decided to sign a pact with Germany. This pact stated that Germany and the Soviets would not fight so that they could conquer Poland and share it between themselves Stokesbury, James L. "World War II." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 4 May 2014. -
Invasion of Poland
Since Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggresion pact, they were almost unbeatable. Germany decided to attack Poland and get back the land of Danzig and the province of East Prussia because it was given to Poland in the treaty of Versailles. Germans used tanks and planes to kill over 60,000 polish troops and take 2/3 of Polish land. Stokesbury, James L. "World War II." World Book Student. World Book, 2014. Web. 4 May 2014.
