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Mussolini organizes Fascist party in Italy
The Fascist party is createdFollowing the fall of democracy Mussolini gathered veterans and discontended Italians to form the Fascist party using ideas from ancient Rome. -
Mussolini named prime minister of Italy
Wearing black shirts to show their rebellion against democracy and killing over hundreds of people. Many had no problem with their decisions then when the March on Rome happened King Victor Emmanuel III became scared of civil war and asked Mussolini to become prime minister. -
Joseph Stalin becomes leader of Soviet
Following Lenin's death Stalin seized the oppurtinity to take power of the Soviet Union over competitors and turned the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state. -
Hyperinflation in Germany
Falling behind from reperations from the "Great War" and the workers refusing to work Germany decided to print more money which decreased the value of a mark to where 1 mark equalled 944,000 marks. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
After being being put in prison Hitler wrote the Mein Kampf which means "My Strruggle" and became the basic book for the Nazis. In his book he expressed his extreme obesessions with rascism, naationalism, and anti-Seminism. -
The Mancurian Incident
The Manchurian IncidentJapanese army officers sabotaged themselves by blowing up railroads tracks and blaming it on the Chinese. Claiming self-defense the Japanese invaded and conquered Manchuria which became a puppet state where they put former Chinese emperor Puypi as leader. -
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
After getting out of prison already having nearly 1 million supporters made many promises such as creating jobs and ending reperations. With the politicians being afraid of communism they made Hitler chancellor to lead their country. -
Japan Withdraws from League of Nations
Being condemned by the League of Nations the Japanese aggression against China from the Manchurian incident led to their withdrawal from the League of Nations. -
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U.S. passes Neutrality Acts
Neutrality Acts The Congress passed acts where the U.S, could not interact or interfere with any European war. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Still shaken by previous defeat from ethiopia Italy led by Mussolini invaded Ethiopia. The King of Ethiopia asked the League of Nations for help and they stopped sending weapons or materials to Italy but with outdated weapons Ethiopia was conquered. -
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Spanish Civil War
Spanish civil warConservative general, Francisco Franco revolt started the civil war, leading forces called nationalists who was later combined with some of Hitler's and Mussolini's forces. Throughout the war more than 500,000 lives were taken, in April 1937 Germans dropped bombs on Guernica to try out new tactics and weapons then by 1939 Franco became a dictator. -
Germany annexes Sudetenland
Czechslovakia was 1 of 2 remaining democracies in Eastern Europe and was insisted to have 3 million Germans in Sudetenland. Britain and France were not willing to go to war for it the at the Munich Conference Hitler demands were met which made France and Britain forced Czechoslovakia to surrender Sudetenland without a fight. -
Kristallnacht
KristallnachtMobs of Nazis in Germany, Austria, and Czechslovakia burned down over 1,000 synagogues and more than 7,000 Jewish businesses. Many were killed and 30,000 were arrested and put into concentration camps which started the idea to kill all jews. -
Hitler and Stalin sign non-aggression pact
Both secretly agreed not to fight if one of them went to war since they both feared each other. Hitler wanted a free hand in Poland but did not want to have war with the Soviet Union and the western democracies at the same time. -
Germany invades Poland
A week after the Nazi-Soviet pact on September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland then two days later France and Britain declared war on Germany
