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League of Nations Formed
An organization whose mission was to maintain world peace, the League of Nations came into being at the end of WWI. This group was formed to ensure the world would never go through another war again. Many looked at it as hope of stability. German delegates to the peace conference -
Treaty of Versailles
A peace settlement signed after 1918, the end of WWI, that gave Germany full responsibility for causing the war. -
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Benito Mussolini's Rise to Power
Mussolini joined the Socialist Party in 1900 and soon began to be admired. In his public speeches, he was known to be intense and aggressive, pushing towards revolution, but also had good oral skills. His powerful writings in the Socialist Party Congress’ paper provided enthusiasm into the Socialist ranks. He called for an uprising at the perfect time; when revolutionary ideas were already felt across the country. -
Great Depression Begins
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 ), also known as the \ Stock Market Crash of 1929, was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. The crash started the beginning of the 12-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries and that did not end in the United States until the beginning of American mobilization for World War II at the end of 1941. -
Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
Austrian politican Adolf Hitler was leader of the National Socialists, or Nazi Party which had increasing numbers of Germans who rallied to follow him. -
Mussolini Invades Ethiopia
Italy was allied with Germany, and together they invaded Ethiopa to spread out German/Italian territory. -
Japan Invades China
The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. From 1937 to 1941, China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany , the Soviet Union (1937–1940) and the United States. -
Hitler Seizes Austria
On March 12, 1938, German troops invaded Austria. Hitler was recieved with great enthusiasm by the Austrians, and he then announced that Austria had become a part of the German reich. The laws of Germany, including the anti semitic acts, were then applied to Austria. -
Kristallnacht
"Night of the Broken Glass," when Jewish homes, temples, and business's were destroyed. This was the result of sporadic violence that the Jews received ever since the Nazi Party came into power in 1933. -
Germany Invades Poland
Hitler claimed that Poland had fired on German troops. In less than a week, Britain and Franch declared war on Germany, and the WWII began.
