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Treaty of Versailles is signed (P)
The document that was made to try and hold peace after WW1 was signed by the Allies in Versailles -
Hitler joins the National Socialist German Workers Party (S+P)
Adolf Hitler, frustrated by Germany’s defeat in World War, which had left the nation economically depressed and politically unstable, joined a fledgling political organization called the German Workers’ Party. -
Mussolini forms the Fascist Party in Italy (P)
Mussolini breaks with the Italian Socialists and establishes the nationalist Fasci di Combattimento or more commonly known as the Fascist Party -
Washington Naval Conference (P)
This conference was held in Washington D.C. to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia -
Mussolini threatens to march on Rome (S+P)
The March on Rome was a group of people creating chaos in Rome. The main purpose was to allow the fascist party to gain full control of of the government. -
Hitler attempts to overthrow the Wiemar government (P)
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and his followers staged the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, a failed takeover of the government in Bavaria, a state in southern Germany. -
Hitler goes to prison and writes Mein Kampf (S)
Hitler is sent to prison as a result of the attempted overthrowing of the government. While imprisoned, he writes Mein Kampf, his autobiography. -
Kellogg Briand Pact (P)
An international agreement to not use war as a way to revolve conflicts -
Japan occupies Manchuria, China (P)
Japan launched an attack on Manchuria and within a few days Japanese armed forces had occupied several points in South Manchuria. -
Geneva Disarmament Conference (P)
Otherwise known as the World Disarmament Conference, it was held to try and find a way to reduce armaments throughout the world. -
Hitler places second in German national elections for president (P+S)
While trying to gain a leadership position, Hitler loses the election and comes in second to Hindenburg despite Hitlers many followers. -
Germany withdraws from League of Nations (P+S)
Germany withdrew from the League of Nations because the Western Powers refused to allow them to have a military that was equal in size to the other countries -
Great Depression ends in Germany (E)
The government was unable to deal with the economic crisis left by the war and as a result, there was a huge amount of hyperinflation and Germany's economy was at a very low point -
President von Hindenburg dies (P+S)
German President Paul von Hindenburg dies. With the support of the German armed forces, Hitler becomes President of Germany. Later that month Hitler abolishes the office of President and declares himself Führer of the German Reich and People, in addition to his position as Chancellor -
Hitler merges offices chancellor & president (P)
Following the death of President von Hindenburg, Hitler issued a law that combined the power of the chancellor and president in order to insure he had the most ruling power. -
Mussolini invades Ethiopia (P)
Mussolini invaded Ethiopia because he believed that the land contained Italian people, therefore it belonged to him. He got this logic from Hitler who was doing similar things in other countries. -
Hitler militarizes the Rhineland (P)
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany -
Japanese invasion of China (P)
The Japanese invaded China because of something called the Marco Polo Bridge Incident -
Italy withdraws from League of Nations (P)
Mussolini left the League in 1937 after the League had imposed economic sanctions on Italy for the invasion of Abyssinia -
Hitler and Nazi Germany annex Austria (P)
Hitler forced Austrian chancellor, Kurt von Schuschnigg, into resigning and takes full control of Austria to form the nation of Anschluss -
Hitler occupies Czechoslovakia (P)
Hitler invaded and took over Czechoslovakia after he gained Sudetenland despite his claims that he wouldn't -
Hitler and Nazi Germany gain Sudetenland (P)
The Sudetenland was taken away from Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire and given to Czechoslovakia and Hitler was determined to get it back. A vote was held and the people of Sudetenland and the majority was in favor of joining with Germany again. Sudetenland was claimed by Germany and Hitler -
Hitler signs alliance with Mussolini (P)
Alliance between Germany and Italy called the Pact of Steel. Signed by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini on May 22, 1939, it formalized the 1936 Rome-Berlin Axis agreement, linking the two countries politically and militarily. -
Hitler and Stalin sign Non-Aggression Pact (P+S)
The two decided to make a pact in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany invades Poland (P)
Was the marking of WW2 when Germany invaded neutral Poland and it's allies, Britain and France declared war on Germany -
Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany (P)
Britain and France declared war on Germany because they invaded neutral Poland -
France surrenders and is occupied by Nazi Germany (P)
French government signed an armistice with Nazi Germany just six weeks after the Nazis launched their invasion of Western Europe. -
Japan Italy and Germany sign the Tripartite Pact (P+S)
The Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy, and Japan become allies with the signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. The Pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war
