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Start of soviet union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by the Bolshevik Party. Led by Vladimir Lenin and after 1923 Josef Stalin known as the Communists found Communist rule in the former Russian Empire after the conclusion of a bitter civil war in 1921. -
Versailles Treaty
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918.It was signed near Paris between Germany.The people that signed it were David Loyd,Georges Clemenceau,Woodrow Wilson. -
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The Weimar republic
The Weimar Republic was a period between german history.The government was a democratic republic governed by the constitution that was laid out in the German city. -
Beer Hall Putsch, Mein kampf
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a coalition group in an attempt to defeat, which came to be known as the Beer Hall Putsch. They began at the Bürgerbräu Keller in the Bavarian city aiming to seize control of the state government. Hitler wanted to overthrow the goverment and rule. -
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Great Depression
The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western world. In the United States the Great Depression started soon after the stock market crashed in October 1929. All the markets were down and out of business. -
Stalin gains power
everybody expected Trotsky to take over the leadership. Instead Stalin schemed his way into power using his position as General Secretary and a series of ruthless political moves . -
Reichstag Fire
The German parliament building burned down due to arson. The government portrayed the fire as part of a Communist effort to overthrow the state. -
Inavasion of Poland
Adolf Hitler's first big policy was after coming to power was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland. -
Hilter becomes Chsncellor
On this day President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or the National Socialist German Workers Party or Nazi Party as chancellor of Germany. -
Munich Conference
Conference in Munich during which the leaders of Great Britain, France and Italy agreed to allow Germany to take over certain parts . -
Sudetenland/Appeasement
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Kristallnacht
On November 9, 1938, the Nazis staged a violent attacked, Anti Jewish riots against the Jewish communities of Germany and Austria. -
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The Rise of Fascism, National Socialism, and Communism
The rise of fascist and totalitarian states in Europe and Russia was a big step on the path to war. The fascists rose to power in Italy under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. He promised to create a well organized efficient and militaristic state that promoted nationalist pride. -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. Which meant that the two countries would not attack eachother. -
Nuremberg Laws
The Nazis announced new laws which institutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology. Disenfranchised Jews and deprived them of most political rights. -
Mussolini takes over