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Treaty of Versailles
- Germans were angry because they had no say in the treaty and they couldn’t do anything about it. They also had to take blame for the war which left Germany with great resentment towards the Allies.
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Mussolini becomes the leader
Thousands of fascist supporters of Mussolini marched through Rome demanding power. King Emmanual refused to sign the decree for martial law which led to Facta’s resignation. Emmanual appointed Mussolini as Prime Minister and gave him dictatorial powers. -
Hitler tries to seize power and goes to jail
Hitler tries to follow Mussolini’s example and leads the Beer Hall Putch. He was defeated in a street battle and was convicted with treason. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
- People wanted a way out of there depression, so they looked to Hitler and the Nazi party.
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Invasion of Ethiopia
Mussolini was interested in annexing Ethiopia since he came to power, and he eventually did, but the Abyssinians never surrendered to the Italian forces. -
Militarizing the Rhineland
Germany remilitarized the Rhineland for the first time since WW1. This action violated the Treaty of Versailles. -
Invasion of China
The Japanese were better armed and trained than the Chinese army. They were also much more brutal. They invaded the north first and worked their way south. Many countries except for the Soviet Union were reluctant to supply their war in fear of disrupting their relations with Japan. -
The Anschluss
The Anschluss was the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. Germany sent troops into Austria to enforce the Anschluss. This went against the Treaty of Versailles because there was to be no union between Germany and Austria. -
Munich Conference
The Munich conference is a meeting with the leaders of the world. They met in 1938 because Hitler was demanding the possession of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. It contained the Czech border fortifications, heavy industry, and 3 million Germans. Britain’s Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tried to talk him out of it, but Hitler wouldn’t back down. So instead, Chamberlain tried to follow the policy of appeasement, in hopes that it would stop Hitler’s demands. Czechoslovakia wasn’t invited to -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
After Germany annexed the Sudetenland, it left the rest of Czechoslovakia weak and defenseless. Soon German troops began occupying the rest of the country. -
Civil war in Spain, Franco comes to power
Republicans and Fascist clashed together in a civil war. The Republic gained limited help from the Soviet Union and Hitler, and after the Nationalists won, Hitler helped Franco come to power. -
Nonaggression pact with Soviet Union and Germany
Hitler began prepping for war, so to avoid fighting on both fronts, which was a major problem for Germany during WW1, he made the Soviet-Nazi non-aggression pact to avoid fighting on the eastern front. -
Invasion of Poland
- Germany invaded Poland from the west, which prompted Britain and France to declare war on Germany on September 3, 1939. Shortly after, the Soviets invaded Poland on September 17, 1939. But Germany occupied the rest of Poland in June 1941 by invading the Soviet Union, which violated their Non-Aggression Pact.
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Invasion of Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria and turned it into a puppet state of Manchukuo until the end of WW2. -
Tripartite Pact
This was an alliance between Japan, Nazi Germany, and fascist Italy. It made it so that these three countries would help each other with all political, economic, and military means if one country is attacked for the next 10 years. Pacts like these were the major causes of WW1 and WW2 because it brought multiple countries into conflict.
