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Hyperinflation in Germany
In 1922, a loaf of bread cost 163 marks. By 1923, a loaf of bread cost 200,000,000,000 marks.
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Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Hitler never "wrote" Mein Kampf. Instead, he dictated it to Rudolf Hess while walking around his prison cell and later on an inn at Berchtosgaden.
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Joseph Stalin becomes leader of Soviet Union
Under Stalin, the Soviet Union transformed into an industrial and military powerhouse. However, millions of citizens died during his cruel reign. -
Japan invades eastern China
Japan saw China's obvious weakness. They then invaded and occupied Manchuria which was turned into a nominally independent state called Manchukuo.
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The Manchurian Incident
The Mukden Incident is the seizure of the Manchurian city of Mukden by the Japanese troops which was followed by the Japanese invasion. -
Japan withdraws from League of Nations
The Japanese delegation withdrew after the assembly had adopted an unanimous report blaming Japan for the invasion of Manchuria. -
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
Hitler's plan was to get away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state. -
Hitler becomes President of Germany
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Italy invades Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all its considered German. He followed this policy when he invaded Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
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Hitler sends troops into Rhineland
Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending Germany military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. -
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The Spanish Civil War
The war was an outcome of a polarization of Spanish life and politics that has developed over previous decades. -
Germany annexes Sudetenland
The annexation of the Sudetenland by Germany was prepared by the Sudeten Germans who-reluctantly accepted the Treaty of Saint-German. -
Kristallnacht
A massive coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich has come to be known as Kristallnacht of The Night of Broken Glass. -
Germany takes the rest of Czechoslovakia
Hitler's forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia-a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany's imperial aims. -
Hitler and Stalin sign non-aggression pact
Enemies Nazi Germany and the Societ Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next two years. -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history/videos/germany-invades-poland
