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The Wall Street Crash
After almost ten years of prosperity in America due to the Stock Market sheres continually rising, in 1929 the dipped. This lead to the Great Depression and hadacrippling effect worldwide. -
FDR becomes President of the USA
After many republican presidents, Franklin Deleware Roosevelt won the 1933 elections by a landslide. -
Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was appointed reich Chancellor by President Hindenburg. He had quickly rose in popularity after the Wall St.Crash as he had promised the German population to end unemployment and make Germany powerful once more. Joseph Goebels also used propoganda to promote Hitler as the 'Person destined to lead Germany'. -
Japan leaves the League of Nations
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Germany leaves the League of Nations
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Hitler begins to rearm Germany
After pulling Germany out of the League, Hitler began rearmimg. Although this was against the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler said he did it to prevent unemployment and many other countries had done the same. -
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Appeasement
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Hitler become Furher
After Himdenburg died, Hitler merged the roles of Office president and Chancellor to create the role of 'Furher und Reichskanzler', or Leader and Chancellor. Now every man who joined the army had to swear a personal oath to Hitler. -
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The Soviet Union Joins the League of Nations
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The LON aproves of the Saar plebscite
This means that the Saar region is officially included in Germany's borders. -
Hitler reintroduces conscription
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The Abysinnia Crisis
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Germany occupies the Rhineland
This is in direct violation with the Treaty of Versailles, but due to the League being preoccupied with the Abysinnia crisis, Germany gets away with it. -
Spanish Civil War begins
Nationalist forces, led by Francisco Franco rose against the republican government. -
The Olympics begin in Berlin
Hitler used the Olympics to show Germany's power to the rest of the world -
Germany and Japan sigh an Anti-communist alliance
Formally know as the Anti-Comitern Pact -
The Hitler Youth
Hitler makes it mandatory for all boys between the ages of 10 and 18 to join the Hitler Youth. -
Italy leaves the League of Nations
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Austria is annexed by germeny
This happens through a plebiscite known as the Anchluss. -
The Munch agreement is signed
This gives Germany the Sudetenland in Eastern Czechoslovakia, but he PROMISES not to invade the rest of Czeckoslovakia. -
Germany invades the rest of Czechoslovakia
He lied...Not cool...Totally annoyed England ...appeasement wasn't working out that well...they stopped it and were like 'Hitler if you invade any other country we will wage a war'. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact is signed
This allience, signed by Ribbentrop and Stalin, said neither country would attack the other and secretly both agreed to 'share' Poland. -
World War Two begins
England, New Zealand, Australia and France declare war on Germany -
Germeny invades Poland
More accurately, the Polish Corridor
