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1939 BCE
Albania and Somalia
Albania and Somalia were occupied in 1939. -
1939 BCE
The Pact of Steel
The Pact of Steel was signed between Hitler and Mussolini on 22nd May 1939. -
1939 BCE
Invasion of Poland
Hitler commanded the invasion of Poland on 1st September, which actually involved the outbreak of WWII -
1938 BCE
A Jew murdered a German diplomat in Paris
In November a Jew murdered a German diplomat in Paris. After that there was rioting throughout Germany. Thousands of Jewish shops, houses and synagogues were smashed and thousands of Jews were arrested. -
1936 BCE
Mussolini conquered and annexed Abyssinia
Mussolini conquered and annexed Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1936. -
1936 BCE
The Rome-Berlin Axis
The Rome-Berlin Axis was created on 1st November 1936 -
1934 BCE
Night of the Long Knives
On the 30th June, Hitler ordered to arrest Röhm and others. Several hundred people were killed.
This was called the Night of the Long Knives. Röhm was shot the next day. When Hindenburg died, Hitler became Chancellor, President and Commander-in chief of the army. He was called
Der Führer (the leader). Democracy was dead. -
1933 BCE
Hitler call another elections
In January Hitler decided to call for another election (March) hoping to make the Nazis stronger in the Reichstag (Parliament) -
1933 BCE
A fire broke out in the Reichstag
A fire broke out in the Reichstag (February) building,
and Hitler blamed the communists. He used emergency
decrees against terrorists, so communists were arrested
and soon he declared the Communist party illegal -
1932 BCE
Hindenburg offered Hitler the post of Chancellor
The Depression hit Germany deeply. By 1932 conditions were serious in Germany. Over five million people were unemployed and the country was desperate for a strong government.
President Hindenburg called an election (April) but did not get the majority. The new government still could not govern properly, and after the new elections (November) so Hindenburg offered Hitler the post of Chancellor ¡ -
1929 BCE
Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty
Fascism counted on the Catholic support. Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty in 1929 with the Pope Pius XI: Italy acknowledged the independence of the Vatican as a sovereign state. -
1929 BCE
Stresemann died
He died in October 1929, just before the disaster of the Wall Street Crash. -
1926 BCE
Germany joined the League of Nations
Germany joined the League of Nations and became one of the permanent members of the Council -
1924 BCE
Fascists got the power
He changed the election system and in the next elections
(1924) fascists got the power. He began to change Italy into a dictatorship where people had to do as they were told. -
1923 BCE
In 1923 Germany suffered a hyperinflation.
This happens when production can´t keep up with the amount of money there is, so money keeps losing its value. As result of this,
prices could increase every day, middle classes lost their
savings and the German market became worthless -
1923 BCE
Stresemann
In 1923 there was a new chancellor, called Stresemann, and Germany was starting to recover. -
1922 BCE
General strike
When socialists called for a general strike in 1922, Mussolini's men terrorised them and controlled the situation. That made him very popular -
1919 BCE
A republic was set up in Germany
After the Great War a republic was set up in February 1919 at. It was a democratic government. -
1919 BCE
Communists tried to take over Berlin
In 1919, Communists tried to take over Berlin in the Spartacist Revolt, but they were defeated. -
1919 BCE
Spartacist Revolt
In 1919, Communists tried to take over Berlin in the Spartacist Revolt, but they were defeated. -
Mussolini marched on Rome
27th and 28th October 1922 Mussolini marched on Rome
with his 30,000 Blackshirts in order to seize the power.
