Unit 8: Great Depression and WWII 1929-1945

Hitler becomes Chairman of the Nazi Party

Mar 30, 1921

Hitler becomes Chairman of the National Socialist German Workers' Party

Mussolini gained enough power to become Prime Minister of Italy

Period: Jan 1, 1922 to Jan 1, 1943

Great Depression and WWII

Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Jan 1, 1945

Secondary Source Readings

Worldwide Economic Depression

Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Jan 1, 1939

Japan invades Manchuria

Sep 18, 1931

Japan invades Manchuria

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

Rally for Hitler in Nuremberg

Sep 5, 1934

Rally for Hitler in Nuremberg

Italian forces invade Ethiopia

Oct 3, 1935

Italian forces invade Ethiopia

Germany seizes Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1939

Germany seizes Czechoslovakia

Italy attacks and annex Albania

Apr 7, 1939

Italy attacks and annexes Albania

Petition sent from the Fight for Freedom National Offices

Jan 1, 1940

Petition sent from the Fight for Freedom National Offices