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Central Powers → Germany, Austra-Hungary, Turkey & Bulgaria
Allied Powers→ Britain, France, Russia, USA (1917) & Australia Germany had declared war [3rd Aug 1914] on France -
The Treaty of Versailles was conducted by the "Big Three" - Woodrow Wilson (US President), Georges Clemenceau "The Tiger" (French PM) and David Lloyd George (Britain PM). These 3 were the strongest leaders of the Allied forces during WW1. In the Treaty, Germany is harshly punished. They must accept blame for the war, pay over $33 billion in reparation, forbidden an army over 100,000 with no airforce or submarines and lost territory to Britain and France. -
The First Red Scare was a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real events included the Russian Revolution and anarchist bombings. -
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The ultimate aim of the Nazi Party was to seize power through Germany’s parliamentary system, install Hitler as dictator, and create a community of racially pure Germans loyal to their führer, who would lead them in a campaign of racial cleansing and world conquest. -
41 members states gathered in Geneva for the opening of the first session of the Assembly. This represented a large portion of existing states and corresponded to more than 70% of the world's population. -
The German economy is devasted, to try and solve this issue the government begins to print more money. As a result hyperinflation begins, and the Mark (German Currency) plumets. -
Mussolini promised to end corruption and replace turmoil with order. He also spoke of reviving Roman greatness, pledging to turn the Mediterranean into a “Roman lake” once again. “combat squads.” The squads wore black shirts to emulate an earlier nationalist revolt.
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The USA intervened and loaned money to Germany. This was to allow Germany to continue payments to France and Britain, as the Treaty stated. By offering the loan, the USA's trade benefitted. -
Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1927. The system was designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a 21-year-old inventor who had lived in a house without electricity until he was 14. -
The Jazz Singer, American musical film, released in 1927, that was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue. It marked the ascendancy of “talkies” and the end of the silent-film era. -
Great Depression, a worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory. Although it originated in the United States, the Great Depression caused drastic declines in output, severe unemployment, and acute deflation in almost every country of the world.
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On October 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday" hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Around $14 billion of stock value was lost, wiping out thousands of investors. The panic selling reached its peak with some stocks having no buyers at any price. -
In the 1930 election, the Nazis won six million votes, making the party the second largest in Germany. -
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler chancellor of Germany. -
With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor Adolf Hitler becomes the absolute dictator of Germany under the title of Fuhrer, or “Leader.” The German army took an oath of allegiance to its new commander-in-chief, and the last remnants of Germany’s democratic government were dismantled to make way for Hitler’s Third Reich.