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treaty of Versailles is signed
Germany, United States, British Empire, France, Italy and Japan signed a peace treaty to end world war 1 -
Hitler joins the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazis)
(Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party)
Hitler returned to Munich from his deployment and joined the small German workers party, Hitler joined in late 1918 and took charge of propaganda efforts in 1920, he favored Nazi party views and was able to gain mass support from the party members propelling him through the party’s ranks -
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Washington Naval Conference
The United States, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal created a conference held amongst nations outside just the league of nations that discussed naval and other arms reductions. It was held in The United States Capital, Washington D.C. It was held because of heightened concerns over increased Japanese militarism and international arms races -
Mussolini threatens to march on Rome*
Benito Mussolini and fascist armed squads (blackshirts) the fascist party planned to march on Rome and capture strategic local points throughout Italy. widespread social discontent and aggravated middle-class fear of socialist revolution and disappointing peace settlements over WWI gave the perfect opportunity for Mussolini and the fascists to take power -
Hitler attempts to overthrow the Weimar government (Beer Hall Putsch)
Hitler and his followers proceed to do a failed takeover of the government in Bavaria, a state in southern Germany, because the Nazi party was upset with the terms of the treaty of Versailles. -
Mussolini forms the Fascist Party in Italy
A fascist state was officially created in Italy When Mussolini marches on Rome the King asked Mussolini to form a new government -
Hitler goes to prison and writes Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler wrote a book written called ¨my struggles¨ while he was in landsberg prison It was essentially a blueprint of his agenda for a Third Reich a clear plan on what will proceed in 1939 to 1945. -
Kellogg Briand Pact
Who- France, Germany, United States (later followed by most other European powers) created a treaty not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts in any form in Paris, France in an effort to finally bring an end to war and establish an international peace between all powers -
Japan occupies Manchuria, china
Manchuria is seized by the Kwantung Army as Japan expands inland on the hunt for resources and the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo is established, Japanese dependence of US trade for metal and oil was prevented of the American sanctions leading Japan to expand further into southeast Asia -
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Geneva Disarmament Conference
States of the League of Nations and the United States had a failed attempt to actualize the ideology of disarmament in the Swiss city of Geneva, in the hopes of establishing international peace through the limitation of armaments -
Germany withdraws from League of Nations*
the German government formally announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations they left through a letter from Foreign Minister Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath of Germany to the League of Nations secretary-general ( they left because of the refusal of western powers to accept Germany’s demands for military equality) -
Hitler merges offices chancellor & president
Adolf Hitler, already German chancellor, assumed presidency when President Hindenburg died (by line of succession, Hitler became President of Germany) -
President von Hindenburg dies
Von Hindenburg, President of the Weimar Republic, he died while in office. He died in his second term in office after being convinced to run for reelection even in his old age, in Neudeck, Germany -
Mussolini invades Ethiopia*
Mussolini and the fascist party invade the African country Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) to boost italian national prestige and to provide land for unemployed italians along with acquiring minerals in order to fight the effects of the great depression -
Hitler militarizes the Rhineland
The German army demilitarized the Rhineland (The Rhineland an area between France and Germany) it gave Germany a direct way to France’s border. -
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Italy withdraws from League of Nations
Germany left the League of Nations in 1933, then Italy left the League in 1937 because the League had imposed economic sanctions on Italy for the invasion of Abyssinia. In 1938, Germany occupied Austria in the Anschluss which was forbidden by the treaty of versailles -
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Japanese invasion of China
Second Sino-Japanese War in Hebei, Manchuria and Pacific Ocean, China went into a full scale resistance against the expansion of Japanese influence which lead to conflict -
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hitler and nazi germany annex austria
Hitler wanted to control the German speaking nation for the third Reich, Hitler seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
Hitler and Nazi Germany gain Sudetenland
great Britian, France, and Italy sign an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia that was home to many ethnic Germans. -
Great Depression ends in Germany
Germany (particularly the Weimar Republic) the depression began to diminish and eventually the economy began to stabilize, the depression spread throughout Europe and the United States hitting Germany the hardest the Great Depression finally ended in 1939. the German economy stabilized and military spending increased as the Germans again began to prepare for war -
Germany invades Poland
German forces invade Poland from the north, south, and west in order to expand German territory and bring added living space to the German people -
Hitler signs alliance with Mussolini
Hitler and Mussolini sign pact-of-steel, a treaty to like the two countries militarily and politically. -
Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany
Britain and France are at war with Germany because Berlin had sent a ¨final notice¨ to the German government saying unless it withdrew from Poland, a state of war would exist between the two countries.(Germany had sent troops to Berlin and Britain had told them to get their troops out of there and if Germany did not comply the two countries would be at war) -
France surrenders and is occupied by Nazi Germany
France and Germany met in the lower regions of France. France was falling behind in the war, so they decided it was best to surrender. Frances defeat let Nazi’s occupy the entire mainland. -
Japan, Italy and Germany sign the Tripartite Pact
Japan, Italy and Germany create the Tripartite Pact in Berlin, Germany. The pact was to provide mutual assistance to all the signatories if they are attack by any nations not already involved in the war
