Between the Wars

Start of Soviet Union

Nov 17, 1917

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005507
First started by the Bolshevik Party, led by Vladimir Lenin and, after 1923, by Josef Stalin. It was the first major communistic country which favored equality for all people.

Versailles Treaty

Jun 28, 1918

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_versailles.htm</a>The treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that ended WW1 and gave the consequences to Germany which led to WW2

Weimer Republic

Period: Aug 22, 1922 to Dec 6, 1933

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/weimar_depression_1929.htm</a>
Form of government erected in Germany after WW1 crippled the german economy. It ended in 1933 and was replaced by the Nazi Reich.

Mussolini takes over

Oct 31, 1922

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212881/musso.html
Benito Mussolini becomes the youngest Prime minister of Italy and the facsit regime begans in Italy.

Rise of Totalitarianism

Period: Dec 6, 1922 to Jun 6, 1945

http://fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/history/totalitarianism.htm
Stalin took over Rome by convincing people that his idea of facism was better than the government that was already in place. Hitler took over an already weakend government by placing blame on specific races, cultures, and groups. Stalin took over and killed every official in his way and was the sole leader of Russia.

Beer Hall Putsch

Nov 6, 1923

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/beer_hall_putsch_of_1923.htm</a>
This was Hitler's first attempt at overthrowing the Weimer government. He failed miserably. He attempted to march in to Munich with his supporters but he was stopped by the police and arrested.

Mein Kampf

Jul 18, 1925

http://wwiandnationalistrevolutions.weebly.com/adolf-hitlermein-kampfgreat-depression.html
Mein Kampf is the book Hitler wrote while in jail for attempting to over throw the Weimer government. It had all his beliefs and ideas for the Nazi party.

Stalin gains power

Sep 6, 1925

http://www.johndclare.net/Russ9.htm
Stalin took power by basically killing off all the other officials that led Russia or who opposed him. He made promises to the Russian people in which they couldn't turn down but he never fulfilled.

Great Depression

Period: Oct 6, 1929 to Jun 6, 1939

http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression</a>
The Great depression began as soon as the stock market crashed. The dust bowl played a major part affecting the crops and getting rid of thousands of jobs and banks collapsed. It ended in 1939 with the aid of WW2

Japans invasion of Manchuria and response of League of Nations

Jul 6, 1931

http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/china/JapanManchuria.html
Japan invaded Manchuria because it had a lot of coal and other natural resources the Japanese needed and it was their first attempt of exanding their empire.

Hitler becomes Chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany
Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany and of the Nazi regime.

Reichstag Fire

Feb 27, 1933

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007657
The German parliment building was burnt down due to arson. Hitler and the Nazi party used this as propaganda to blame the communist party.

Nuremburg Laws

Sep 15, 1935

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007695
Laws that made official the racial theories come into affect. These laws targeted jewish people mainly.

Italy invades Ethiopia and response of League of Nations

Oct 3, 1935

http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/ww2-italy-invades-ethiopia
Italy invaded Ethiopia because they wanted the land and resources that Ethiopia had and Mussolini knew it would have been easy to conquer. The league of nations did nothing in response.

Munich Conference

Sep 28, 1938

http://www.toytowngermany.com/wiki/Munich_Conference_1938
Meeting where the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, and Great Britain met to discuss the matters of Hitler invading the Sudetenland.

Sudetenland/Appeasement

Sep 30, 1938

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/p/World-War-Ii-Munich-Agreement.htm
The agreement that came from the Munich Conference that allowed Hitler to take over the Sudetenland if he promised not to invade any other country.

Kristallnacht

Nov 9, 1938

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005201
A two day span where Nazi offical party members broke the glass of houses and stores owned by Jewish people/

Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact

Aug 23, 1939

http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/nonaggression.htm
Hitler signed a pact with Russia that split Poland in two which aided Hitler because he didn't have to fight a two front war.

Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070
Hitler invaded Poland and took it over as his own state.