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1917 Bolshevik Takeover
Bolsheviks, with Lenin as leader, were unstopable as they began to takeover. -
Russian Civil War Begins
many groups opposed the Bolsheviks. this war is fought between the Reds and the Whites -
Mussolini Creates Fascists Party
This is the belief in a totalitarian dictatorship. Mussolini completed the first successful Fascist takeover -
Hitler joins NSDAP
He was only the fifty-fourth person to join. Hitler was immediately asked to join the executive committee and was later appointed the party's propaganda manager. -
NEP
new economic policy. it allowed free enterprise, private properties etc. -
March on Rome
Mussolini wanted to seize control of the national government. at first he wasnt for it but when he noticed it would be successful, he lead them as if it was his idea in the first place. -
Beer Hall Putsch
this was Hitler’s attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Ebert and establish a nationalistic one -
1924 Lenin's Death
before he could finalize a good way of reform, he died. after, he was forever known as the father of the revolution. when he died, stalin ws left to carry out the transformation of russia -
Hitler writes mein kampf
Hitler became moody and depressed. He put his energy into his book "Mein Kampf" which explained his plans for Germany's future. -
Creation of 5 Year Plans
Very useful propaganda about communism and Stalin's power. prjected goals for economic growth -
Collectivization of Agriculture
Stalin believed that Russias agriculture was terrible. Small farms would be gathered together to form one large massive one. These bigger farms would be called collectives. As they were large, they were able to use machinery and make more food. -
1931 Invasion of Manchuria
Japan was having many problems and were very overpopulated. invading Manchuria seemed like the best answer to all of their problems. -
Nazi wins majority in election
The Nazis won in the election with 43% and began to become popular. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor. -
Invasion of Ethiopia
Mussolini asked the Ethiopian government to take care of the problem of the raids, but instead they did nothing about it. So, Mussolini invaded Ethiopia -
Re-Militarizes Rhineland
it violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Werner von Blomberg issued orders for the reoccupation of Rhineland in western Germany. -
Creation of Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis
Their potential victims were not organized. The Three capitals of the three main axis powers in WWII -
"Great Purges"
a series of campaigns. anyone against lenin was eliminated -
1937 Rape of Nanjing
the Japanese were waiting for the perfect moment to invade and occupy the whole of China. They used this incident as an excuse to wage all out war against China. -
Anschluss
political union of Austria with Germany, achieved through annexation by Adolf Hitler in 1938 -
Munich Conference
an anual conference on international secruity policy.. they have intensive debate on current and future security challenges. -
Non- Agression Pact
Stated that Germany and the Soviet Union would not attack each other. The pact was supposed to last for ten years; it lasted for less than two. -
Capture of Sudetenland
Sudentenland was essentially the heavily German-populated area. Chamberlain allowed Hitler to take the rest of Czechoslovakia shortly after
