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Great Depression
The biggest economic downturn in modern history, the Great Depression, lasted from 1929 to the start of World War II in 1939. The U.S. stock market's explosive and irresponsible growth, declining industrial production, rising consumer debt, and falling consumer demand were all contributing factors to the Great Depression. In 1933, when the Depression was at its worst, 12,830,000 individuals nationwide, or 24.9% of the labor force, were unemployed. -
Manchurian Crisis
The South Manchuria Railway was under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Empire. The Japanese said in September that the Chinese were responsible for railway sabotage. The Japanese army attacked and occupied Manchuria using Japanese forces while using this pretext. They dubbed the region Manchukuo and withdrew the Chinese defense forces. -
World Disarmament Conference
The goal of the Geneva meeting, also called the World Disarmament Conference or the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, was to achieve disarmament in compliance with the League of Nations Covenant. The meeting brought together states from all over the world. 61 states attended, including the USSR and the US, but it was also attended by -
Spanish Civil War
a military uprising in support of conservative forces within Spain against the Republican government. A violent civil war broke out, with both sides using extreme violence to seize control of the entire nation after an early military coup failed to seize power. Germany and fascist Italy provided support to the rebels known as Nationalists. The International Brigades, which are made up of the United States and Europe, and the Soviet Union both assisted the Republicans -
Germany invades Poland
Heavy bombing left Warsaw, the capital of Poland, in ruins. There were tens of thousands of dead soldiers. England and France declared war on Germany because they pledged to support Poland in the event of a German assault. The war has officially started.
German soldiers slit apart a Polish border barricade.
Hitler's goal in invading Poland was to establish German habitation there. He believed that Poles were inferior and only suitable as laborers. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Germany and Italy joined the Rome-Berlin Axis coalition in 1936. On October 25, 1936, the two fascist nations came to an informal agreement negotiated by Italy's Foreign Minister, Galeazzo Ciano. In 1939, the Pact of Steel formalized it. Japan eventually came to be included in the term "Axis Powers." -
Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact was an agreement that was signed initially by Germany and Japan and then by Italy, Germany, and Japan. It was purportedly intended to combat the Communist International (Comintern), but it was implied that it was also aimed against the Soviet Union. Adolf Hitler, who was then openly denouncing Bolshevism and taking an interest in Japan's victory in the first war against China, pursued the accords. -
Four Power Conference at Munich
The South Manchuria Railway was under the rule of the Japanese Empire. The Japanese said in September that the Chinese were to blame for railway sabotage. The Japanese army attacked Manchuria using this pretext. They named the region Manchukuo and expelled the Chinese defense forces. Hitler's declared his objective of uniting the German-populated regions of Europe like of Czech. Despite having agreements with both France and the Soviet Union, sided with Germany -
Pact of Steel
a military alliance signed by fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, promising neither to pursue independent peace or an armistice but rather to support the other in the case of conflict with another power. Agreement required Germany and Italy to provide economic support to the other nation in the event of war. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
This accord is widely known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. It is also referred to as the Hitler-Stalin Pact or the Nazi-Soviet Pact. A 10-year non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union was part of the agreement. It also demanded territorial expansion and economic collaboration. The nations split the nations that stood between them covertly and pledged not to attack one another. Part of Lithuania and Western Poland were claimed by Germany.