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The signing of the Treaty of Versailles ended world war 1. The controversial War Guilt clause blamed Germany for World War I and imposed heavy debt payments on Germany.
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An international organization created by many of the Allied nations after WWI. The USA and USSR refused to join.
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Mussolini declared that only he could restore order and was given the authority in 1922 as prime minister. He gradually dismantled all democratic institutions.
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When share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed it sent the US into a downward spiral that resulted in the great depression.
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They staged an incident by sabotaging a piece of railway they owned & blamed it on the Chinese, known as the mukden incident. This event would allow them to invade china.
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Hitler campaigned on how to resolve Germany’s economic problems. Although he was not elected to power by popular demand, winning only 37% of the total vote in the election.
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On Oct. 3, 1935 Abyssinia was invaded by faciast italy under the rule of Benito Mussolini. The Italians committed many cruel acts towards the nation. Including Poisonous gas, aerial bombardment, flame throwers, etc.
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Hitler sent his troops to the rhineland, which was supposed to be demilitarized under the treaty of versaille, and took it over without fire or a single bullet
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Under the T of V, Germany & Austria were forbidden to join, but Hitler has other plans he wanted austria so they had a vote and before the votes were tallied in he marched his army in and took it over with fire or a single bullet
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The Munich pact was much more a betrayal than an agreement. German forces would occupy Sudetenland and other regions where the population was more than 50%, Czechs were betrayed because Britain was supposed to protect them.
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The German occupation of Czechoslovakia began with the German annexation of Sudetenland. Following the Munich pact Hitler promised not to take anymore land but Hitler had other plans and disregarded the pact and took over the land anyways.
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The invasion of Poland was the spark that marked the beginning of world war 2. German soldiers claimed to have been attacked by Polish soldiers, which gave the Germans a reason to invade Poland.
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