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Stormtroopers
Stormtroopers were nazi militia who helped Hitler rise to power. -
Great Wall Street crash
The epic boom ended in a cataclysmic bust. On Black Monday, October 28, 1929, the Dow declined nearly 13 percent. On the following day, Black Tuesday, the market dropped nearly 12 percent. By mid-November, the Dow had lost almost half of its value. -
The interwar period(rise of dictatorships)
During the interwar period (between ww1 and ww2) the rise of dictatorships began and reached its height in the 1930's. -
Britain's Rearming
Britain wanted Germany t be weakened so that they wouldn't be able to attack anyone for a while which only caused more resentment by the German's. -
Hitlers rise to power
exploiting unrest during the Great Depression, and in 1932 he placed second in the presidential race -
Crises in Manchuria
This was a war between China and Japan in which China had requested for help of the league of nations after Japan had withdrew from the league but they did not help this war which caused lots of resentment. -
the world disarmament conference
Sixty countries sent delegates to the Disarmament Conference that convened in Geneva in February 1932 to consider reductions in armaments, with particular emphasis on offensive weapons. -
League of Nations not force Italy and Japan to back down during the Abyssinian and Manchurian crises?
Many countries had important trading links with Japan. The League could not agree on sanctions or even a ban on weapons sales. Britain and France did not want a war, so nothing was done. -
The failure of disarmament
The Geneva Disarmament Conference (formally called the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments of 1932–1934) collapsed. The seeds of failure, however, were sown back in October 1933 when Adolf Hitler withdrew Germany from both the conference and the League of Nations. -
Spanish civil war
The spanish civil war was a war between the government and whoever inside of spain was willing to fight. This war went on for about 3 years. -
hitler defy the treaty of versailles
On 7 March 1936 German troops re-occupied the Rhineland, a de-militarised zone according to the Treaty of Versailles. This action was directly against the terms which Germany had accepted after the First World War. -
Foreign responses to the civil war in Spain
Leading European leaders met in London in August 1936 to sign a non-intervention pact regarding foreign involvement in the Civil War. The Pact was signed by 30 nation, which were Britain, France, the Soviet Union, Germany and Italy. -
three countries were included in the Anti-Comintern Pact
Anti-Comintern Pact, agreement concluded first between Germany and Japan (Nov. 25, 1936) and then between Italy, Germany, and Japan (Nov. 6, 1937), ostensibly directed against the Communist International (Comintern) but, by implication, specifically against the Soviet Union. -
British rearmament in response to Germany’s expansionism
From 1933 to 1937, the British government deployed the policy of appeasement in response to Nazi Germany's rearmament -
Czechoslovakia and the Munich Crisis
September 29–30, 1938: Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement, by which Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses -
The height of the Great Depression
The height of the great depression happened in 1933 however the great depression had been going on for a while before then. The great depression is a height of unemployment and a big dip in the economy. -
The league of nations falling apart?
The credibility of the League of nations was dropping since so many members of the league were upset with their decisions.Japan and Germany left in 1933, Italy left in 1937, and Spain left in 1939. -
The invasion of Poland
German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany possessed overwhelming military superiority over Poland. -
Nazi Soviet pact
The Nazi soviet pact was a pact between Russia and Germany in order for the Nazis to be able to rearm at a faster pace. -
Aims and impact of Hitler’s expansionist policies
On September 1, 1939, the Wehrmacht invaded neighboring Poland without warning. Hitler had been planning the Blitzkrieg since 1933