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Treaty of Versailles
The main points were: Germany takes full responsibility for causing all the loss and damage caused by the war, Germany to pay war reparations to the Allies, German navy allowed NO submarines; army restricted to 100,000 men; and NO air force, All of Germany’s colonies in Africa given to France or Britain, and Alsace- Lorraine returned to France (from Germany) -
Fascisism Begins
Benito Mussolini organized the first Fascist Party. This began Fascism and totalitarianism. -
Mussolini as Prime Minister
Benito Mussolini became the prime minister of Italy. He promised the Italian people that Italy would be like Ancient Rome again, and he eliminated every other party except The Fascist Party -
Stalin is the dictator of Soviet Union
He wanted to transform USSR into an industrial superpower and eliminate anyone who may be disloyal. He sent millions to concentration camps or “Gulags” and was involved in the “Great Purge” where he got rid of anyone disloyal to USSR. -
Black Tuesday
The stock market crashed and started the Great Depression. Banks lost people's money because they invested it in the stock market. People lost everything they owned. -
Hitler as Chancellor
He encouraged extreme nationalism (fascism) in his speeches, gave Germans someone to blame. He said that the Germans belonged to a superior “Aryan” Race:, Treaty of Versailles was unfair, Germany would be rebuilt into “Third Reich” (Third Empire), and that the Jews were to blame for Great Depression and Germany’s loss in WWI -
Occupation of Rhineland
Hitler’s “dream” was to unite all German speaking peoples in Europe in one country, he started with obtaining the military occupation of Rhineland -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Germany and Italy form military alliance due to common interests (Dominating Europe and establish large Empires and Destruction of Soviet Communism) -
Annexation of Austria
Austria was another German speaking country and Hitler wanted to unite them with Mainland Germany. Austria gave in to avoid war. -
Munich Pact
This deal awards Hitler the Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia, and control over most of Czech economy, in exchange Hitler says he’ll stop taking over land. (He didn't stop) -
World War Two Begins
After years of appeasement and and preparations, Adolf Hitler invades Poland to spark the start of WWII
