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Rise in Totalitarianism
Franco's regime was the only fascist government to stay in power after World War II. Benito Mussolini's Fascist movement rose to power in the late 1920's as a reactionary force, responding to pervasive popular disillusionment with the ineffective government in place at the time. Perhaps the most infamous example of an interwar totalitarian regime can be seen in the NAZI party's control of Germany between 1933 and 1945. -
Mussolini takes over
ussolini started his time in power by buying support from both the working class and the industrial bosses. Changed Italy's constitution and brought about many changes in Italy. -
Beer Hall Putsch, Mein Kampf
On November 8–9, 1923, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a coalition group in an attempted coup d'état which came to be known as the Beer Hall Putsch. They attempted to create a new government based on race. They failed but integrated it into a heroic effort. -
Stalin gains power
He rised to power and did three main things. The five year plan, collectivisation, and the purges. Fought as leader of Russia in ww2. -
Reichstag Fire
On February 27, 1933, the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down due to arson. The government falsely portrayed the fire as part of a Communist effort to overthrow the state.the Reichstag Fire Decree permitted the regime to arrest and incarcerate political opponents without specific charge, dissolve political organizations, and to suppress publications. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
In the hope of creating a stable government, the elderly President Hindenburg agreed to the plan. So on 30 January 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. -
Nuremburg Laws
At the annual party rally held in Nuremberg in 1935, the Nazis announced new laws which institutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology. This derived them form most political rights. -
Munich Conference
On this day in 1938, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact, which seals the fate of Czechoslovakia, virtually handing it over to Germany in the name of peace. Upon return to Britain, Chamberlain would declare that the meeting had achieved "peace in our time." -
Sudetenland/Appeasement
At Munich, France and Britain agree to give Hitler the Sudetenland.
Chamberlain waves 'a piece of paper' with Hitler's statement that he does not want to go to war. German troops march into the Sudetenland, and are welcomed as heroes. -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
The German-Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland on September 1, 1939, without fear of Soviet intervention. On September 3, 1939, Britain and France, having guaranteed to protect Poland's borders five months earlier, declared war on Germany. These events marked the beginning of World War II.