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Treaty Of Versailles
The treaty was signed by all of the allied nations including Germany, formally ending World War I. The treaty required that Germany pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up overseas colonies. this plays significance by Germany creating the nazi power because of this treaty also the two countries that were losers in the meeting of the treaty were the two that started the Axis powers. -
Mussolini becomes fascist leader of Italy
After serving in the army Mussolini was looking in to a way to unify the italian people by giving speeches and saying that they needed a dictator to run the country.later in 1919 he organized a fascist movement who went and beat up communist and socialist.leader on his movement gained support from anti communist people which was enough people. To form the national fascist party.The significance is hitler idolized mussolini so they met and became allies which helped factors starting the war. -
Mein Kampf was published
After getting arrested due to an attempt to overthrow the government hitler sat in jail with nothing to do other than write a book called Mein Kampf which means my struggle.Hitler wrote about what he was gonna do after he got out jail,he said that he was gonna do all of these things that would better germany. the significance of this book is he followed all what he said he was gonna do. he said that everything bad happening to germany was the jews fault so he killed them just horrible stuff. -
Hitler becomes chancellor
the president appointed hit as a chancellor for ceremonial powers but hitler was smart he later became in charge of germany.the significance is they basically gave hitler the power to control germany. -
“Night of the Long Knives” Hitler consolidates power
the night of the long knives was a bad night for nazi's.hitler orderd a purge amongnst thenazi party because he felt that the people he killed had a great chance to become enemies in the future.the significance is it was a turning point for the german government and basically showing people they had all of the power. -
invasion of ethiopia
the italians invaded ethiopia to pave the wave for italy's occupations and to also check the league of nations aggression of expansionist states The significance is league of nations really didn't do anything they just gave italy a slap on the wrist because they did not want another world war. -
Japan invades China
The japanese invaded china to gain raw materials to fuel its industries.The significance is this invasion created one of the most gory and bloody war crimes ever committed. -
Japanese Rape of Nanjing
The rape of nanjing was this war crime that was committed against the chinese people.the japanese basically brutally murdered,raped and beaten adults and children.the chinese army tried to fight off but japan was to strong so some of their army dressed up as civilians so they wouldn't die.Also the japanese made a refugee spot with a white flag so the people were safe but they didn't have that much space for 200,000 people.The significance is this started the axis powers with japan and germany. -
Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel
on this day germany and italy will sign the pact sell giving birth to the axis powers which including japan.The significance is that all of these people were basically over looked at during the treaty of versailles. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland to regain lost territory and rule their neighbor to the east.The significance of this invasion is that this is what caused WWI and made countries start to realize that germany was in for no good. -
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
The Axis powers are formed germany,Italy and japan they all become allies with the signing of the Tripartite pact in berlin.the pact provided mutual assistance to any of the nignatories suffer attack by any nation not already in the war .this was basically a shot toward america which was neutral at the time.Significance was largely intend to deter america from entering the conflict.