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Versaillls Treaty
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918 and in the shadow of the Russian Revolution and other events in Russia. Germany were punished for their actions and it left a huge grudge that sets up Germany for ww2 -
Start of Soviet Union (communism event)
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was founded in November 1917 by the Bolshevik Party. Led by the Bolshevik Party. Led by Vladimir Lenin and, after 1923, by Josef Stalin, the Bolsheviks (later known as the Communists: established communist rule in the former Russian Empire after the conclusion of a bitter civil war in 1921 -
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The Weimar Republic
a national assembly convened in Weimar, where a new constitution for the German Reich was written, then adopted on august 11 of that same year. -
Mussolini takes over
Mussolini started his time in power by buying support from both the working class and the industrial bosses. Changed Italy's constitution and brought about many changes in Italy. -
The Dawes Plan
An American banker loaned Germany 800 million gold marks to help kick-start the economy. From now on, Germany only needed to pay reparations which it could afford. A new currency was also created to replace the old one. -
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Economic Recovery for Germany
Germany's economy and politics began to recover. Stresmann continued to use his influence to bring normality back to germany. -
Beer Hall Putsch
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a coalition group in an attempted coup d'etat which came to be known as the Beer Hall Putsch. They attempted to create a new government based on race. -
Stalin gains power
he rised to power and did three main things. The five year plan, collectivisation, and the purges. Fought as leader of Russia in ww2 -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized ares of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. After the Great Depression, governments were more involved in the economic stability of the market. -
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Military actions and response of League of nations
The League of nations tried to talk to Mussonlin and failed. Italy and Japan invaded -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
In the hope of creating a stable government, the elderly President Hindenburg agreed to the plan. -
Nuremberg Laws
At the annual party rally held in Nuremberg, the Nazis announced new laws which insitiutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology. This derived them form most political rights. -
Munich Conference
On this day, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier, Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact, which seals the fate of Czechoslovakia, virtually handing it over to Germany in the name of peace. Upon return to Britain, Chamberlain would declare that the meeting had achieved "peace in our time". -
Sudentenland/Appeasement
At Munich, France and Britain agree to give Hitler the Sudentenland. Chamberlain waves a piece of paper with Hitler's statement that he does not want to go to war -
Kristallnacht
The wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms, which took place throughout Germany, annexed Austria, and in areas of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia recently occupied by German troops. -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
The German-Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland without fear of Soviet intervention. -
Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. First act to start war.