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Kaiser Wilhelm II abdictaes
Establishment of the Weimar Republic. -
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The Roaring 20s
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Rise of Fascism
Benito Mussolini sets up the National Fascist Party in Italy.
Adolf Hitler sets up the Nazi Party in Germany. -
Mussolini becomes president
King Victor Emmanuel III appoints Mussolini as president.
March on Rome. -
Beer Hall Putsch
Hitler carries out an unsuccesful coup and gets imprisioned. -
Dawes Plan
The US intervenes with the Dawes Plan to recover its money. -
Creation of the USSR
Lenin dies and the USSR is established.
Stalin expells Trotsky and establishes Stalinism. -
5 year plan
Stalin introduces his five-year plan. -
Young Plan
Dawes Plan is replaced with the Young Plan, to reduce the reparations Germany had to pay. -
Wall Street Crash
The stock market collapses, marking the beginning of the Great Depression. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
Elections in Germany prevent the formation of a government. -
Roosevelt's New Deal
US president Franklin D. Roosevelt introduces his New Deal to improve the economy in the states. -
Reichstag fire
Hitler declares a state of emergency. -
Night of the Long Knives
Hitler consolidates his power. -
Beginning of the Third Reich
President Hindenburg dies and Hitler unifies the position of president and chancellor under the title of fhürer. -
Nuremberg Laws
Creation of the Nuremberg laws, with anti-semitist policies -
New Constitution
Joseph Stalin introduces a new constitution in the USSR, giving citizens rights like universal suffrage. -
Night of the Broken Glass
Jews, their shops and synagogues are attacked in Germany.