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The Treaty of versailles was a peace treaty that was imposed upon germany after the World War 1. It included a number of punishing conditions imposed upon germany.
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Weimar Republic is the name given to the democratic government that was created in Germany from 1919 to the beginning of the Nazi government in 1933
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The first International organization for peace of its time, it was unfortunately weakened by non-participating major powers, mostly the U.S. It disbanded and turned into the United Nations.
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The Ruhr region in Germany was not to be occupied by any troops, French or German. Germany started defaulting on its war payments to france so france sent its troops into the Ruhr
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Adolf and the Nazi Party were growing in popularity and believed they could create a new government in Germany. They tried to overthrow the weimar republic and Hitler got thrown in jail
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The U.S made a plan where it loaned Germany money, which Germany would use to rebuild its economy, and help pay reparations to Britain and France.
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The stock market crash in 1929 triggered a world wide depression and economic crisis known as the great depression. Millions lost their job.
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Japan was experiencing economic crisis, and was desperate for resources. This lead to japan invading manchuria,a region of China for coal and iron
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Hitler's appointment was German President Hindenburg's desperate attempt to stabilize Germany's chaotic political climate. Hitler immediately began rearming Germany's military.
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Benito Mussolini led the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, in an effort to establish an italian empire and gain valuable resources for Italy.
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Germany was forbidden to occupy the Rhineland area of germany as per condition of the treaty of versailles. The League of Nations did not stop germany from reoccupying the Rhineland and hitler continued his aggressive expansion
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Germany and Italy, Both fascist signed an agreement to support each other called the Rome-Berlin Axis.
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Germany and Japan signed an anti-communist agreement that both people would fight against and communist countries. Italy later joined this pact.
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Anschluss refers to the concept of germanic-speaking people uniting with each other. Hitler believed that germany and austria must be united s they are both germanic peoples.
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After Hitler Annexed Austria, he wanted to annex Czechoslovakia. Both Hitler and Mussolini entered into an agreement with Britain and France that allowed Hitler to occupy Sudetenland, a german part of Czechoslovakia.
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After signing the Munich Agreement, Germany eventually invaded and occupied a part of Czechoslovakia, not just Sudetenland. This violated the terms of the Munich Agreement, but Britain didn't respond.
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Hitler had intentions of invading and occupying more of Europe, but to do this he needed to create an agreement with the Soviet Union that they would not fight each other. Hitler later Broke that in 1941 when Germany invaded the Soviet Union
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After occupying Czechoslovakia, Hitler sought to annex Poland. He made an agreement with Stalin of the Soviet Union to divide Poland between the two countries, and soon the germans invaded Poland.
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Following Germany's invasion of Poland, Britain realized it had failed to maintain peace. They had no choice but to stand up to germany's aggression. On Sept 3, 1939 Britain officially declared war on germany. THis began the Second World War
