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Totalitarianism - Communism
Communism: The rise of Communism started in Russia in 1912 with the formation of the Communist party. This communist party came into power in early 1922 and stayed in power, with mayn different leaders for almost 80 years. during this time they went from a dwindling empire to a world superpower. -
The Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic - Encyclopedia Brittanica The Weimar Republic was the government of Germany from 1919 to 1933. It is such called the Weimar Republic because the assembly that formed its contitution met in the city of Weimar. -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles - Encyclopedia Britannica The Treaty of Versailles was a peace document written by the "Big 4" countries after the 1st World War. Named aptly after the palace in France that it was written in, this treaty forced Germany to pay war reparations and take responsibility for the war. -
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Totalitarianism - Nazism
Nazism: Founded in Germany during 1920, this severely right wing party dominated German politics from 1933 to 1945, during which time Germany rose to a position of power in Europe. Committing many acts of atrocities they were removed from power after the loss in WW2. -
Formation of the USSR
Soviet Union - Encyclopedia Britannica Formed in 1922, the Soviet Union was the world's largest country, with it's capital in the Russian city of Moscow. With such a large population and land mass filled with resources, the Soviet Union quickly rose to power. Led by Joseph Stalin of the Communist party of Russia, they were a formidable superpower in the years to come. -
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Totalitarianism - Facism
Forming in 1922 with the rise of power of Benito Mussolini, the Italian facism party ruled a totalitarianistic police state, using terror. Ending in 1945 with the Italian loss in the war, Mussolini was found and executed. He was hung, and put on public display. -
Stalin Gains Power
Stalin came to power in 1922. using his time as the leader of the world's largest country wisely, he quickly helped the Soviet Union to become a world superpower. -
Beer Hall Putsch
The Beer Hall Putsch was an insurrection started by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in 1923. It was this event that led to Hitler's first piece of world fame after being arrested and imprisoned for treason. During the time he spent in prison, he wrote most of his controversial book Mein Kampf. The realisation that the government would act forcibly led him to use legal means to gain power in Germany. -
Mussolini Takes Over
Mussolini was an Italian politician who came to power as Italian prime minister in 1922. He used his new power and other not so legal methods to gain control and become dictator of Italy. He was one of the key figures in the creation of Facism. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a worldwide economic crash beginning in 1929 and lasting to the early 1940s. Caused by a stock market crash in October of 1929, it was the longest lasting and most severe of all the depressions in history. Recovery began in the mid 1930s for most countries, but was not complete until the early 1940s when the war kickstarted production and the affected countries war economies. -
Invasion of Manchuria
Mukden Incident - Encyclopedia Britannica The Japanese invaded Manchuria during September of 1931. They used the pretense of an explosion to gain access to the region in Northern China. Also known as the Mukden incident, it showed the weakness of the League of Nations. The Japanese occupied machuria til the end of the war in 1945. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor
Adolf Hitler - Encyclopedia Britannica Hitler became chancellor of germany on the 30th of January 1933. This rise to power had come from a struggle to find a majority party and after 2 coalition governments. Hitler abused his power, using events such as the Reichstag Fire to make himself dictator of Germany. -
Reichstag Fire
[ Reichstag Fire - Encyclopedia Britannica](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/496432/Reichstag-fire)The Reichstag Fire was a fire believed to be have plotted by extremists Nazi Germans. This fire burned down the Reichstag government building. This event happened soon after the Nazi was elected into power. They set up a plot to use propoganda and an emergency event to secure more power after failing to achieve a majority vote in the parliament. -
Nuremberg Laws
Nuremberg Laws - Encyclopedia Britannica The Nuremberg Laws where laws made by the German government that deprived the Jewish race of rights it should of had. These laws removed Jewish citizenship, and removed the rights of jews to marry and have relations with German born citizens. These were considered the first of the racist Nazi laws. -
Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
The Italian invasion occurred during October of 1935. The Italians invaded and won the fight against Ethiopia. It was a decisive Italian victory resulting in Italian occupation of Ethiopia. -
Sudetenland Appeasement
Munich Conference - Encyclopedia Britannica This event happened during the Munich Conference. Read that event for more details. The Sudetenland was an area of Czechoslovakia that Germany took over before the outbreak of WW2. It was this event that led to the Germans believing that they could get away with much more. -
Munich Conference
Munich Conference - Encyclopedia Britannica The Munich Conference was a conference held by Germany, Great Britain, Italy and France, that appeased the Germans and allowed their annexation of the Sudetenland in Western Czechoslovakia. This was important because it led the Germans to believe that they could get away with anything in Europe. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht - Encyclopedia Britannica Kristallnacht was a turning point in the Nazi regime over Germany. It involved the ransacking and looting of Jewish businesses by Nazi supporters. Police and Fire services were told not to intervene by the government. It went as far as people being killed. Millions of dollars of damage were done. -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact A pact between the Soviets and the German nazis to allow for the invasion of Poland without the intervention of the Soviets. This pact allowed germany to invade, and form a somewhat alliance with the soviets until their betarayal during the later war.
