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Mussolini named prime minister of Italy
Originally a revolutionary socialist he became prime minister because of his military background and his big part in the fascist movenment. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
An autobiography stating what Nazi Germany's future plans were for Germany. https://archive.org/stream/meinkampf035176mbp/meinkampf035176mbp_djvu.txt -
Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
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Manchurian Incident
This was a staged event by Japanese military personal as a pretext for the Japanese invasion in 1931 east of China. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/mukden-incident -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
Hitler was appointed chancellor due to his big part when the economy was bad in Germany and also because he was a very charismatic speaker. -
Japan withdraws from the League Of Nations
Japan withdrew from the League Of Nations because they had adopted a report that had blamed them for many of the events in Manchuria. -
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Spanish Civil War
A revolt against the republican governement of Spain supported by conservative elements with the country. https://www.britannica.com/event/Spanish-Civil-War -
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Japan invades eastern China
Japan invaded China because China was on full resistance of Japan expanding into their territory and that made Japan very upset. -
Anschluss
Unification that Germany is taking much more land then they began with. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-announces-an-anschluss-with-austria -
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Munich Conference
A settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country borders mainly inhabited by German speakers. -
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Kristallnacht
The night of "Broken Glass" where they torched Jewish synagogues and also vandalized any Jewish shop of building. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/mobile/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005201 -
Germany takes the rest of Czechoslovakia
Hitlers forces invaded and occupied Czechoslovakia and sacraficed on the altar of the Munich Pact. The Munich Pact was signed and the rest of Czechoslovakia was virtually handed to Germany. -
Hitler and Stalin sign non-aggression pact
Two countries Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to take no military action against each other for the following 10 years. -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombarded Poland on land from the air as Adof Hitler was seeking to regain territory and military power. -
U.S. passes Neutrality Acts
Lifted all arms of embargo and put trade with all nations under the terms of the "cash-and-carry" system.
