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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
By violating the rights of League of Nations along with Germany, Japan refused to be a part of it. This created havoc with Manchurian Railway system by infringing on these rights in charge of the railways system there. By violating orders from Tokyo Shigeru Honjō commanded that his men should continue working on the railway. As soon as Tokyo found out they immediately invaded Manchuria. -
Hitlter becomes the counselor of Germany
The Nazis organized a massive torchlight parade in Berlin to celebrate the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring greet the participants in the parade as they pass beneath the window of Hitler's new office -
Abolishment of the League of Nations
The League of Nations was created to end World War 1; it represented international peace and security. Designed for these circumstances, Hitler withdrew from it along with Japan. These two nations adapted the same interests and adapted an anti-democratic view. -
The Reichstag Burning
Hitler set this particular building on fire for a representation that the people of Germany should not abide by the countries rules; this was one of the barriers that kept Hitler to become the German dictator. This was shown to the people how powerful Hitler was, and how he persuaded them. "The German people have been soft too long. Every Communist official must be shot. All Communist deputies must be hanged this very night. All friends of the Communists must be locked up. And that goes for the -
The Enabling Act
Newly elected members of German Parlement pass the Enabling Act, which means that they declare Adolf Hitler dictatorship over Germany. After this the Nazis create crisis like the buring of Reichstag building. -
The Night of the Long Knives
By moving against the SA (Storm Battalion) and their leader, Ernst Röhm because, he saw a lack of dependence of the SA and members of street violence. He thought that this would be a threat to his power. In result to going against his own military, Hitler was grounding for the Nazi regime. The German courts cabinet gave legal prohibition against these types of killings to show loyalty to the regime. -
Hitler becomes Führer
German president Paul von Hindenburg has been going through signs of death in East Prussia. Hitler has been given an opportunity to make plans to capitalize the country on his own terms. He used president Hindenburg's death as an opportunity to seize total power in Germany by elevating himself to the position of Führer, or absolute leader, of the German nation and its people. The day before Hindenburg’s death they announce that Hitler is Germany’s leader. -
The Gestapo is Born
Hitler appointed Göring as minister of interior state of the Prussia community; this allowed Göring to control two thirds of the country’s police. German citizens had nowhere to turn as they began to be mistreated. Nazis took advantage of the police leniency and began to abuse Jews and loot shops. -
The Munich Pact Agreement
This pact was created to understand the territorial demands of Sudetenland. This was very important to Czechoslovakia, most of that was a defense boarder. Britain and France gave this to Germany, it was implied to them that Germany would take over Czechoslovakia. They were so easy doing so because they wanted to avoid the war at any cost. -
Crystal Night
Once Hitler had obtained enough power to view himself racially, he wanted remove the population of Jews in Europe. Crystal Night was to do so; created by Joseph Goebbels and Reinhard Heydrich was a arrangement to make the Jewish population to immigrate. During Crystal Night 7,500 Jewish shops were destroyed 91 Jews were killed, and over 20,000 was sent to concentration camps. This decreased the Jewish population significantly to only 250,000 left in the country. -
German-Soviet Pact
Also known as the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact that had two parts , an economic agreement provided that Germany would exchange manufactured goods for Soviet raw materials. The second stated that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union also signed a ten-year nonaggression.
