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1939 BCE
Mussolini and Hitler
The Pact of Steel was
signed between Hitler and Mussolini on 22nd May 1939. -
1939 BCE
Invasion of Polland
Hitler commanded the invasion of Poland on 1st September 1939, which
actually involved the outbreak of WWII -
1938 BCE
Munich Agreement
On
29th September 1938 Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France reached the
Munich Agreement, where Germany annexed the Sudetes -
1938 BCE
German diplomat is muerdered
In November 1938 a Jew murdered a German diplomat in Paris. -
1936 BCE
Mussolini conquered Ethiopia
Mussolini conquered and annexed Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1936. -
1935 BCE
Changing rules in Germany
Changes within Germany. Some areas of Germany had been occupied or controlled
by foreign powers after the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler could not tolerate this and began
some campaigns to re-take over those German regions(Saarland 1935, Rhineland
1936) -
1934 BCE
Night of The Long Knives
On the 30th
June 1934, Hitler ordered to arrest Röhm and others. Several hundred people were killed.
This was called the Night of the Long Knives. Röhm was shot the next day. When Hindenburg
died, Hitler became Chancellor, President and Commander-in chief of the army. He was called
Der Führer (the leader). Democracy was dead. -
1933 BCE
Hitler calls another elections
In January 1933 Hitler decided to call for another election (March 1933) hoping to make the
Nazis stronger in the Reichstag (Parliament) -
1932 BCE
Elections in Germany
The Depression hit Germany deeply. By 1932 conditions were serious in Germany. Over five
million people were unemployed and the country was desperate for a strong government.
President Hindenburg called an election (April 1932) but did not get the majority -
1929 BCE
Catholic support for the fascist
Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty in 1929
with the Pope Pius XI: Italy acknowledged the independence of the Vatican as a
sovereign state. -
1926 BCE
Germany joined the League of Nations
Germany joined
the League of Nations (1926) and became one of the permanent members of the Council. -
1924 BCE
Musolini got the power
In 1924, fascist got the power -
1923 BCE
German Economy
In 1923 Germany suffered a hyperinflation. -
1922 BCE
General Strike in Italy
When socialists called
for a general strike in 1922, Mussolini's men terrorised them and controlled the situation. That
made him very popular -
1922 BCE
Invasion of Rome
on 27th and 28th
October 1922 Mussolini marched on Rome
with his 30,000 Blackshirts in order to
seize the power -
1919 BCE
Comunism in Germany
In 1919, Communists tried to take over Berlin in the Spartacist Revolt, but they were
defeated.
