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Hyperinflation in Germany
A hyperinflation is when the price increases are so out of control that the concept of inflation is meaningless. German marks became almost worthless and during this time, something that had previously cost about 100 marks might have cost 944,000 marks. Government brought inflation in 1934, and the US got approval for a plan to reduce German reparations payments. It worked until the Great Depression hit. -
Joseph Stalin becomes leader of Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
After Lenin died in January 1924, Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union. He turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state controlled by a powerful and complex bureaucracy. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Hitler never actually "wrote" the Mein Kampf. He instead just dictated it to Rudolf Hess while in his prison cell and later at an inn in Berchtesgaden. -
Japan invades eastern China
Right after the Mukden incident, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria. The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, which lasted until the end of World War II. -
Hitler is appointed the Chancellor of Germany
The conservative German National People’s Party (DNVP), convinced Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor, with the understanding that his brutal tendencies would be controlled. Hitler’s emergence as chancellor on January 30, 1933, marked a major turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. -
Hitler becomes presdent of Germany
Upon the death of Hindenburg in 1934, Hitler proceeded to purge the Brown Shirts (his storm troopers), the head of which, Ernst Roem, had began voicing opposition to the Nazi Party’s terror tactics.A plebiscite vote was held on August 19. Intimidation, and fear of the communists, brought Hitler a 90 percent majority. He was now, for all intents and purposes, dictator. -
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U.S passes the Neutrality Acts
Overall, the Neutrality Acts represented a compromise in which the United States accommodated the isolationist sentiment of the American public, but still retained some ability to interact with the world. In the end, the terms of the Neutrality Acts became irrelevant once the United States joined the Allies in the fight against Nazi Germany and Japan in December 1941. -
Hitler sends troops to into Rhineland
Hitler Occupies The Rhineland Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty Of Versailles, signed in July of 1919, by sending German military forces into the Rhineland. -
Anschluss
Anschluss
When German troops marched into Austria, Hitler announced his Anschluss. Whether the plebiscite was rigged or the resulting vote simply a testament to Austrian terror at Hitler’s determination, the Fuhrer garnered a whopping 99.7 percent approval for the union of Germany and Austria. -
Munich Conference
During the Munich Conference
leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex
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Germany annexes Sudentenland
Annex of Sudentenland Nazi Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy signed a treaty that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudentenland, a region of Czechoslovakia , which was home to many ethnic Germans. -
Kristallnacht
Also known as "The Night of Broken Glass." It was when Nazi mobs in Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia smashed the windows of Jewish homes and businesses. -
Germany takes the rest of Czechoslovakia
On September 30, 1938, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact. This virtually handed Czechoslovakia over to Germany in the name of peace -
Hitler and Stalin sign non-agression pact
The Devil's Alliance The Nazi-Soviet non agression pact was signed to assure peace between the two countries, But also agreed to trade various materials and to divide Poland. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland The German-Soviet Pact of August 1939 stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers. This enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and the Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.
