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Bloshevik Takeover
By November 1917, the Provisional Government was almost completely collapsed. The Bolshevik party, helped by Germany’s money, built up a party organization, propaganda machine, and powerful private army to be unstoppable. When Lenin took over, the Provisional Government was unable to stop him. -
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War tore Russia apart for three years from 1918 to 1921. After the Bolshiveik takeover on November 7, 1917, many groups had formed that opposed Lenin’s Bolsheviks. These groups included monarchists, militarists, and, for a short time, foreign nations These opposing groups were known as the Whites while the Bolsheviks were the Reds. -
The New Economic Policy
This policy was introduced to replace the failed policy of War Communism. It advanced a capitalist appraoch to economic growth. Wages were paid in cash, trade was to operate on an economic and commercial base, industry was divided into trusts, and no industry had to oblige to supply the state. As this aided the economy, it was still difficult for people to buy the good being produced because they were still recovering from WWI. -
creates fascist party
Mussolini led the Fascists on a march on Rome, and King Emmanuel III, who had little faith in Italy's parliamentary government, asked Mussolini to form a new government. -
march on rome
The March marked the beginning of fascist rule and meant the doom of the preceding parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals. -
Beer hall putsch
The Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923, or the Munich Putsch, was Hitler’s attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Ebert and establish a right wing nationalistic one in its place. -
Main Kampf
a book written by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology.Hitler began the dictation of the book while imprisoned for what he considered to be "political crimes" after his failed Putsch in Munich in November 1923. -
Vladimir Lenin’s Death
The Russian Marxist Revolutionary and Communist politicia who led the Bolsheviks and October Revolution died on January 21, 1924. Throughout his life he fought to establish control of Russia and create a socialist economy. At fifty-three, Lenin died after having three strokes that progressively deteriorated him of his basic activities -
Hitler joins NSDAP
At the time of Hitler's release from prison, politics in Germany had become less combative, and the economy had improved. This limited Hitler's opportunities for political agitation. As a result of the failed Beer Hall Putsch, the NSDAP and its affiliated organisations were banned in Bavaria. -
Five Year Plan
Once Stalin came into power he wanted to modernize the Industrial powers of the Soviet Union. He proposed the several five year plans that encouraged a heavy industry, improved transportation, and increased farm output. In order for his plan to work he developed a command economy, which meant government made all economic decisions. -
Collectivization
Stalin wanted to consolidate individual land and labor into collective farms. This combined all farms into one big farm. The peasants opposed and showed their displeasure by killing animals, destroying tools, and burning crops. The government responded by destroying the wealthy peasants, or kulaks, so he sent them to labor camps. Peasants only grew enough food to feed themselves and this caused many famines-- backfiring Stalin’s ideas. -
Invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged their railways and decided to attack the Chinese army. The Chinese didn’t fight back because they knew the Japanese wanted an excuse to invade Manchuria. By February 1932, the Japanese had conquered Manchuria, and set up a Japanese-controlled state. Thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians had been killed in the process. China appealed to the League of Nations and the league did nothing. -
hitler becomes chancellor
Nazis organized a massive torchlight parade in Berlin to celebrate the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring greet the participants in the parade as they pass beneath the window of Hitler's new office. -
NAzi win majority election
usually the nazi party would fail many of there elections just like the one in march %th but the main reason people decided to vote for them was because of the catholic church. they were scared of the catholic church and the other people. -
The Great Purge
Stalin’s power was absolute, but he had obsessive fears that rival parties were plotting against him. He cracked down power on many people, and had “show trials” where former communist leaders confessed to all the crimes they’ve committed to save their family members. Stalin exiled nearly four million and killed 800,000. As the terror increased so did Stalin’s power -
invasion of ethiopia
The Italians had built fortified positions in Welwel in 1930 and, because there had been no protests, assumed that the international community had recognized their rights over this area. However, an Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission challenged the Italian position -
occuping rhineland
German Army took place on 7 March 1936 when German military forces entered the Rhineland. This was significant because it violated the terms of the Locarno Treaties and was the first time since the end of World War I that German troops had been in this region. -
Berlin, Rome, and German Axis
A coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. This agreement was formulated by Italy’s foreign minister, Galeazzo Ciano, informally linking the two fascist countries. This term eventually included Japan some time after 1939. -
The Rape of Nanjing
A mass murder, genocide, and war rape occuring six weeks after the Japanese’s capture of Nanjing. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers were murdered and nearly 80,000 men, women, and children were raped by soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army. -
Anslaluss
The Anschluss was among the first major steps of Adolf Hitler's creation of a Greater German Reich which was to include all of the German-speaking and ethnic German lands and territories which Germany had lost after World War I, although Austria had never been a part of Germany. Prior to the 1938 annexation, Germany had remilitarized the Rhineland, and the Saar region was returned to Germany after 15 years of occupation through a plebiscite. -
Nazi Soviet Non Aggression Pact
Publicly, this agreement stated that the two countries - Germany and the Soviet Union - would not attack each other. If there were ever a problem between the two countries, it was to be handled amicably. The pact was supposed to last for ten years; it lasted for less than two.
