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Mussolini named Prime Minister of Italy
http://www.biography.com/people/benito-mussolini-9419443#the-break-with-socialism-and-rise-to-power
Mussolini created a Facist party in 1919 and as Italy slipped in to political chaos, Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 declaring that he was the only person that could bring back order to Italy. -
Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
http://www.biography.com/people/joseph-stalin-9491723#early-life
After Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin started to attack pontetial enemies of him so that he could get into power. Stalin rose to power by using terror. -
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany
Hitler was appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, Nazi Germany began operating. -
Japan withdraws from the League of Nations
http://www.johndclare.net/league_of_nations6_news.htm
Japan withdrew from the League of Nations assembly on this day because the assembly recommended in a report that Japan withdraw it's troops in Manchuria and restore the country to Chinese Sovereignty. -
Hitler becomes President of Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-becomes-president-of-germany
Hitler, who already was chancellor of Germany at this time, became president of Germany because president Paul von Hindenburg was already old and tired. -
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U.S. pass Neutrality Acts
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/neutrality-acts
The Neutrality acts were passesed to prevent the U.S. from getting into a foreign war. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
http://www.britannica.com/event/Italo-Ethiopian-War-1935-1936
Italy invaded Ethiopia due to a border incident between Italian Somaliland and Ethiopia, that was the excuse of Mussolini to invade Ethiopia. The League of Nations tried to put economic sanctions on Italy, but the sanctions failed due to lack of support. -
Hitler sends Troops into Rhineland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-reoccupies-the-rhineland
By sending troops to Rhineland, which was a demilitarized zone along the rhine river in western Germany, Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno pact. -
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The Spanish Civil War
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/spanish-civil-war-breaks-out
Right wing spanish officers in spanish Morocco begin to revolt against the leftist Republican government in Spain. -
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Japan invades Eastern China
http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war
Japan invaded Eastern China because China was a divided country in the 1930s and it was weak and Japan wanted the vast natural reasources to be found in China. -
Munich Conference
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/munich-conference
The Munich Conference happened because Adolf Hitler wanted Sudetenland and if Czechoslovakia didn't agree to give it to Germany, then Germany would have invaded Czechoslovakia -
Germany takes the rest of Czechoslovakia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nazis-take-czechoslovakia
On this day, Hitler threatened the Czech President by having a bombing raid against Prague, the Czech capital. Hitler wanted a free passage for German troops into Czech borders, that same day, Hitler got what he wanted. -
Axis formed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-pact-of-steel-is-signed-the-axis-is-formed
On this day, Germany and Italy signed a pact which was called the Pact of Steel in which Germany and Italy agreed to become allies militarily and politically. Then in September of 1940 Japan joined the pact and the Pact of Steel became the Tripartite Pact and the axis were formed. -
Hitler & Stalin sign the non-aggression pact
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact
In this pact, Germany & the Soviet Union agreed to take no military actions against each other for the next 10 years. This pact was broken when Germany tried to invade the Soviet Union in June 1941. -
Germany invades Poland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland On september 1st, 1939, Germany attacked Poland from the air and from the ground. Germany, with an overwhelming number of troops invaded Poland.
