Total Takeover

1917 Bolshevik takeover

Nov 7, 1917

Lenin organized a revolution to over take Kerensky's government. The Bolsheiviks were a minority of socialists who attained members through slogans like "Bread, peace and freedom". Lenin pulls Russia out of wwI amd signs the treaty of Brest-Litosk in the next march.

Russian Civil war begins

Oct 25, 1918

The Bolsheviks(reds) started outnumbered but eventually gains more followers. the fights were brutal and confusing with massacres on both sides. the Reds eventually got their troops to 5,000,000 men. the Whites get crushed in the end.

1919 Creates Fascist Party

Mar 23, 1919

Mussolini created the Fascist politicaql party. This was similar to communism since the government would have complete control except there was free enterprise unlike communism.

1920 Hitler joins NSDAP

Apr 17, 1920

After war Hitler became a reservist. He was spying on the Nazi party which he happened to like the ideas of. He joins and becomes the seventh member.

NEP

Mar 21, 1921

the new economic policy was the policy by Lenin which allowed small businesses but the state still controlled banks, foreign trade and large industries.

1922 March on Rome

Oct 17, 1922

Out of his Fascist party, Black shirts were formed. This "gang" would start tons of chaos in the streets of Rome in attempt to overthrow the government, the prime minister didnt know what to do so he gave the power to Mussolini.

1923 Beer Hall Putsch

Nov 8, 1923

a failed attempt of a revolution by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party

1924 Lenin's death

Jan 21, 1924

Lenin died of a stroke in 1924.

Writes Mein Kampf

Feb 9, 1925

After hilter failed with his beer hall putsch he was imprisioned and while being their he wrote this book.

Creation of five year plans

May 16, 1929

a series of economic plans for the soviet union. it was to transform the USSR and help it industrialize

Collectivization of Agriculture

May 17, 1929

Stalin took the farms away from Kulaks so the farms cold collaborate together to get excess food which angers the Kulaks. The peasants destroy the food so the government cannot get to it. Kulaks are killed and famine kills many.

1931 Invasion of Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

When the stockmarket crashed tariffs rose and america basically cut off most of their international relations, Japan got most of their food from foreign trade. so to get food the invaded Manchuria to get new resources.

1932 Nazi party wins majority in election

Jul 31, 1932

in 1932 six million germans were unemployed, Hitler gave promised to make the country better so since the germans liked the thought of having prosperity once again a majority of them voted for the Nazi party.

Hitler becomes Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

In 1932 the government was scared of a communist takeover so they were pressured to make Hitler the chancellor

1935 Invasion of Ethiopia

Oct 17, 1935

After hearing about Hitler's plan to get as much territory as he could, Mussolini decided to do the same by inveding Abyssinia in attempt to get more land which it did successfully.

Re-Militarizes Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

In the Treaty of Versailles it stated that the Rhineland must remain unmilitarized but Hitler breaks this contract by sending troops in this area.

Creation of Berlin-Rome-Toyko Axis

Nov 1, 1936

After wwI germany was humiliated from the conditions of The treaty of versailles and wanted revenge. Italy did not recieve the land they were promised. Then Japan wanted Chinese territory. All of these countries had unfurfilled goals from the firest war so they worked together to get what they wanted.

Great Purges

Jan 17, 1937

a series of campaigns of political repression and murders in the Soviet Union whih was done by Stalin.

1937 Rape of Nanjing

Dec 13, 1937

Japan captured the city of Nanjing then all the soldiers came in and would rape/murder everyone in this city.

Anschuluss

Mar 12, 1938

Hitler argued that he wanted to annex Austria into Germany because they are more like germans. just because they changed borders does not actually make them Austrian.

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

A conference was held between Britain, France, Italy and Germany. Fascist dictators persuaded Britain and France to agree to Nazis taking over the Sudetenland so once again the two powers of France and Britain were using appeasement.

Capture of Sudetenland

Mar 16, 1939

Since Czechoslovakia was weak from Sudetenland being taken away Hitler captured the rest of the country.

Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and Russia agreed not to attak each other.