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Stalin coming to power
After Lenins death Stalin gained the power as Lenin and Stalin were close friends and was in line to become the leader. -
Mussolini seized power
Benito Mussolini rose to power officially in 1922 when he became prime minister. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Empire of Jpan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden incident. -
Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor
After gaining a following he was finally elected Chancellor and gained complete control. -
FDR elected to his first term as U.S. president
Won election by a landslide against Hoover and began repairing the economy. -
Italy conquers Ethiopia
The war was fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire. The war resulted in the military occupation of Ethiopia. -
Hitler Takes the Rhineland
In violation of the Treaty of Versailles Hitler takes back theland that orginally was Germany's -
Japan invades mainland China
China fought Japan, with some economic help from Germany. -
Hitler Annexes Austria
Austrian Nazis conspired for the second time in four years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
Hitler adds Sudetenland
Demanding autonomy for the Sudetenland and the freedom to profess National Socialist ideology. If Henlein's demands were granted, the Sudetenland would then be able to align itself with National Socialist Germany. -
Munich Conference
Leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler conquers remainder of Czechoslovakia
Hitler starts to invade Czechoslovakia after knowing Britian no longer protects the country. -
Invasion of Poland
The campaign ended on 6 October with Germany and the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland under the terms of the German-Soviet Frontier Treaty. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
The Declaration of war by France and the United Kingdom was given on 3 September 1939, after German forces invaded Poland. Despite the speech being the official announcement of both France and the United Kingdom, the speech was given by the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in Westminster, London. -
Soviets seize Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
The occupation of the Baltic states refers to the military occupation of the three Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—by the Soviet Union under the auspices of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
