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Start of Soviet Union
The Bolsheviks took power in the October Revolution, they were communists who were opposed to Imperialism and capitalism. This caused them a lot of problems initially, as the Russian Empire was composed of people of many different nationalities, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Tatars, Volga Germans and many others. In order to not be considered an imperialist power, they created the Soviet Socialist Republics, each with its own Communist Party, party leader and bureaucracy. In Russia itself, they s -
Versallies Treaty
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918 and in the shadow of the Russian Revolution and other events in Russia. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris - hence its title - between Germany and the Allies. The three most important politicians there were David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson. -
The Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name used to refer to the new federal republic and democracy that was born in 1919 following the abdication of the Kaiser in late 1918 (after the so called Revolution). After the Kaiser left and the monarchy was over they needed to form a new rule ,so the National Assembly(formed after elections held in early 1919) met in Weimar, simply because Berlin was thought of as unsafe , and a new Constitution was written and adopted . It lasted until 1933 when Hitler came to p -
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Rise of Totalitarism
This was the time of dictator ship. This included Fasicm, Nazism, and Communism. -
Mussolini takes over
Mussolini was a italian journalist and leader. He rulled as a prime minister. He ruled continuoulsy until 1925. -
Beer Hall Putsch, Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler was arrested after the failure of the Beer Hall Putsch. He was charged of treason. He was found guilty and sent to prison. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. All the countires such as Britian, France, U.S etc. suffered from this. Unemployment was going down really fast. This all so caused the increase of the act of government. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
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Reichstag Fire
On February 27, 1933, the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down. The government blamed it on the communist effort to throw down the state. -
Invasion of Poland
The Nazi (Hilter) took over or invaded poland. -
Nuremeberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws (German: Nürnberger Gesetze) of 1935 were antisemitic laws in Nazi Germany introduced at the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party. -
Stalin gains power
He began in a seminary, studying to be a priest, but soon he was interested in comunism. According to certain sources, he was first a spy for the Czar, something that was very closely erased when he became a Bolshevik. -
Munich Confrenece
Conference held in Munich on September 28--29, 1938, during which theleaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annexcertain areas of Czechoslovakia. -
Sudentenland/Appeasement
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Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, literally, "Night of Crystal," is often referred to as the "Night of Broken Glass." On November 9 to November 10, 1938, in an incident known as “Kristallnacht”, Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. -
Nazi-Societ Non-Aggression Pact
On August 23, 1939, representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. The pact was broken when the Nazi attacked. -
Facism
From the first hours of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, the propagandists on both sides of the conflict portrayed the struggle in stark, Manichaean language. The totalitarian nature of both regimes made this inevitable. On one side stood Hitler, fascism, the myth of German supremacy; on the other side stood Stalin, communism, and the international proletarian revolution. —Anne Applebaum, New York Review of Books, 25 Oct. 2007
