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French Military to Japan
Japan realized it did not have enough experience in aviation. 50 French military pilots assisted Japan to establish an Airforce. -
Treaty of Versailles
Woodrow Wilson U.S. President, David Lloyd George Prime Minister of the UK, Georges Clemenceau who was the Premier of France and Vittorio Orlando who was the Prime Minister of Itally. These guys were know as the "Big 4". -
Czar is Execcuted
The Czar and his family were executted by the red army in the middle of the Societ civil war before the "Whites" were anti-Boleshevik forces could rescue them. -
Rice Riots
A huge rise in the price of rice caused farmers who were recieving low prices from rice merchants to riot. burning police stations and government buildings. -
Trotsky's Harsh Measures
Trotsky worked to prevent desertions or mutinies in the red army. Special investigative teams interviewed and then executed soldiers who retreated from their positions, broke ranks or deserted. -
Prohibition Started
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Dail Eireann
Irish for parliment, this group was formed in 1919 designed to seperate Irish government from the rest of Great Britain. -
Irish War of Independence
A guerrilla group called the Irish republican army fought British troops to free Ireland from British control. -
Kiev Captured
The White army also called the Cossacks had run short of supplies so when the Boleshiviks attacked they rapidily fell apart and the red army captured Kiev. -
Parliment Elected Friedrich Ebert
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Milan Fascio
Benito Mussolini forms a group who wants to eliminate the senate, gaurantee land for poor farmers, and improve working conditions with the help of a single leader instead of democracy. -
Mussolini founds the Fasci Italiani Di Combattimento
These were thugs who broke union strikes, committed Arson, and beat up socialists. They claied to be saving Italy from Communist. -
Fascists go on the Attack
Italian Fascists Attecked the Office of the Socialist Party's Newspaper -
Weimar Republic
German drafts a new constitution called the Weimar Republic which was democratic but unstable. -
"The Jazz Age" began in America
Flappers, silent movies and more automobiles on the streets. -
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Racial tension mounted
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Roaring 20's in America
Americas' total wealth more then doubled. -
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Abandoned Children
Millions of ophrans and abandoned children crowded cities and towns across the Soviet Union due to war and famine. -
Woodrow Wilson creates League of Nations
America doesn't join. -
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"The Lost Generation of Writers"
During the 20's writers such as Ernest Hemingway and F Scott Fitzgerald expanded literature to be rebellious realistic and even profane. -
Kapp Putsch
Members of the army under leader Wolfgang Kapp tried to overthrow the Weimar republic. It failed because the citizens went on strike refusing to work for the rebels. -
Bentley
The first Bentley luxury cars are delievered to customers in Great Britain. -
Waren Harding Elected President
He was a conservative republican who didn't want to be in the League of Nations. -
Bloody Sunday
IRA troops tried to wipeout British spies in Dublin. They shot 19 killing 14. In response, British troops drove trucks into a soccer game shooting into the crowd. 14 civilians were killed including one of the players and 65 people were wounded. This was the inspiration for the U2 song "Bloody Sunday". -
National Fascist Party
The popularity of the Fascist movement increased because Italians wanted a strong economy and strong foreign policy. They won 45 seats in the government in their first election. -
Immigration Law got stricker
These new laws made it more difficult for foreigners to get into America. -
Trade Agreements with the Soviets
The UK signs a trade agreement with the Russian Soviets. -
Hirohito Visits Britain
Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan came to Britain on an official visit. -
Anglo-Irish Truce
Britain realized that the Irish would likely never stop fighting, and it was costing them casualities and money so they agreed to allow Ireland to have their own government. -
First Miss America was Crowned in Atlantic city
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Women at Cambridge
The first women were adimitted to the University of Cambridge to study for an academic degree. -
Washington Naval Treaty
Britian, U.S.,Japan, France and Italy agreed to lessen their Navies. -
9 Power Treaty
An agreement between US, Japan, China, France, GB, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal that everyone should have access to Chinese trade. -
Secretary of the Communist party
Stalin was named general secretary of the communist party and aligns himself against other Soviet leaders like Leon Trotsky -
Treaty of Rapallo
The Soviets and Germany agreed to cooraperate in order to help one and other economically, and to give back all territory that had changed hands in WW1. -
Soviet Censorship
Soviet Agency glavlit established to censor all Soviet media. -
Italian Education
Italian children were taught to respect Mussolini and were involved in military after school activities including black uniforms and fake guns. -
March on Rome
A group of Fascists marched to take over Rome and the king did not use the army to stop them but instead decided to make Mussolini prime minister. -
Prime Minister of Italy
Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy. -
Dance Marathons began
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The Second Soviet 5 year plan
Stalins Second 5 year plan made the Soviets a major steel producer and improved infrastructure such as communications and railways. Agriculturewas not as sucessful as farmers were evicted and the government took over control. -
The Reichstag Fire
The Reichstag building were the German and Parliament was burned by arson. The Nazi used the fire as an excuse to begin mass arrests of Communist citizens. -
The Soviet Ministry of Agriculture and Food
This was the Soviets attempt to centralize all food production under the communist party. -
Corfu Incident
Italians Bomb and Occupy the Greek island of Corfu. The Italians claimed the bombing was retaliation for the murder of an Italian general but it was really to begin helping Italy expand it's territory during the war. -
Canto Earthquake
The deadliest earthquake in Japanese history. A 7.9 magnitude earthquake killed 143,000 Japanese. -
The Beer Hall Putsch
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party failed in an attempt to overthrow the German government. -
The Rentenmark
Germany introduced the rentenmark to stop hyperinflation. It was money that was backed by realstate. -
Hyperinflation
German money became worthless. Each U.S. dollar was worth 4,200,000,000,000 marks -
Crown Prince Akihito is born
The Crown prince was born after three previous daughters. He is still alive today. -
Toranomon Incident
An assassination attempt on Prince Hirohito by a communist Daisuke Namba. He injured another man but Hirohito was unharmed. -
Murder of Matteitti
Fascists had been fighting with the Socialist and Communist party but on this day they murdered the Socialist leader Metteitti. Five years later Italy had only the Fascist party. -
Death of Lenin
Vladmir Lenin hero of the Russian Revolution, died with no obvious succesor. -
The Immigration Act of 1924
This was an immigration act set up by America to limit Asains coming into the United States as well as Europeans. -
Night of the Long Knives
The Nazi regieme started murdered political leaders who opposed them. 85 people died during this purge and 1000 opponents were arrested. -
Conservative Party Victory
The general election was won by the conservative party under Stanley Bladwin. The bulk of British people still distrust Communism. -
Churchill as Fiscal leader
Winston Churchill was named chancellor of the exchequer and he moved the British pound sterling back to the gold standard in an attempt to improve deflation. It backfired and British money was less than ever. -
Dion O'Baion and Al Capone have a shootout of gangsters in Chicago
Both were bootleggers during prohibitoin. -
Soviet Japanese Basic Convention
The Russians and Japanese had been at war since 1904 and did not trust one another. This was an attempt to ease tensions between the two. -
Germany Increases spending
Germany residents now spent 65 marks a day. -
NHK
The 1st Japanese radio coorparation was founded in Toyko. -
General Election Law
The legislature of Japan, called the diet passed a law extending the right to vote to all men 25 and older. Women still didn'y have the right to vote. -
Mussolini declares war on Sicilian Mafia
Mussolini created a campaign to crush crime bosses in Southern Italy. He tortured suspected Mafiaosi and surpressed the crime gangs although he didn't destroy them. -
Il Duce
Mussolini named himself the Duce which means supreme leader. -
UK General Strike
This was a general strike that lasted 9 days in protest against wage reductions for coal miners.1.7 million workers went out.The government was ready though and had volunteers to maintain essential services -
World Telephone Service
The first Transatlantice telephone call came from New York City to London. -
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Italian Secret Police
Mussolini devolops the Secret Police called the OFRA. They imprisoned a large number of Italians who were against Fascism. -
Japanese Peasant Unions
The labor movement tried to recruit peasant farmers to join the general federation of Japanese peasant unions but it was a dismal failure getting only 300 people. -
Showa Finicial Crisis
The government of Japan had issued earthquake bonds to overextended banks. When the government posed to remdem these bonds rumor spread that the banks holding these bonds would go bankrupt. There was a run on the banks by people and 37 banks went under. -
Mussolini begins battle for birth
Mussolini promotes people having kids. Men with 6 children are exempt from taxes. -
1st Movie with Dialogue
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First Soviet 5 year plan
A list of economic goals is created by Stalin to help the country improve militarily, industrially and fininacially. The prupose was to build up the countrys heavy industry. -
Trotsky Exiled
Leon Trotsky rival of Stalin is exiled to Kazakhstan. -
March 15th Incident
This was a crackdown on Socialists and Communists by the Japanese government. 1652 people were arrested. About 500 were tried publicly and showed the connection with the super Japanese communist party and the Labor movement. -
The Equal Franchise Act
This act allowed voting for women to be equal with men in Great Britain. They had to be 21 years old. -
The Lateran Treaty
The Treaty between Mussolini and the Catholic Church which established the Vatcian City. This gave Mussolini authority with Catholics. -
Germany Spends Even More
Germany residents now spend 100 marks a day. -
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Dustbowl
Farmers in the midwest facing crought packed up everything they had into cars and left for California. -
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Great Depression
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Stock Market Crash
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Humantarian Relief
Under FDR the government began giving relief to the poor and creating jobs for workers such as building dams, roads and airports. -
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Mass Unemployment
Unemployment was over 10% in this time period. There was lack of demand for traditional jobs like coal mining and ship building. -
German Re-armament
The Germans started to rebuild military weapons against the treaty of Versailles. -
Pontine Marshes
Mussolini Used a series of dams and canals to drain the Pontine marshes, a series of swamps in central Italy where malaria was frequent. -
London Naval Treaty
The UK, Japan, France, Italy and the US sign an agreement to limit submarine warfare and naval ship moving. -
Irpinia Earthquake
This was a 6.7 magnitude earthquake in which 1,400 people died. -
Wushe Incident
The Wushe people of Taiwan responded to oppression by Japanese authority by attacking a village and killing over 130 Japanese. In response the Japanese killed over 1000 indigenious people in retaleation. -
German Federal Election
The Nazi party increased its number of seats in the government from 12 to 107. -
Swearing an Oath to Fascism
Mussolini forced university professors to swear an oath to only teach Fascism. Media was also censored. -
Sakurakai
The Sakurakai or cherry blossom society was a secret group of young officers in the Japanese army who had the goal of creating military dictatorship. This group made two attempts to overthrow the government. -
Japanese engage in Invansion of Manchuria
After faking an explosion near a Japanese railroad falsy blaming the Chinese, Japanese forces invaded Manchuria taking several cities over a 5 month period. -
Pound Sterling
The British pound Sterling comes off the gold standard in order to slow inflation. -
Statute of Westminster
An act of parliment of the United Kingdom. It made all common wealth areas equal to Britain under the law, this included Australia and Canada. -
Socialist Realism
Stalin promoted Socialist realism a propoganda type of art which glorifies the working class and its struggle for emancipation. -
Stalin Education System
Stalin continued Lenins work of educating kids in communist theories but also added more traditional acedmics, tests and expectations. -
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The Soviet Famine
The governments forced collectivization of agriculture created chaos. Nobody grew any sort of grain and 6 million people died from hunger. -
Independence to Iraq
The British government returned Iraq to self rule in exchange for a military alliance. -
Franklin Delonore Roosevelt Elected
He ended the 3 term reign of republicans and he would serve for 4 terms himself. -
Prohibition Ended
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The Third Reich
The Nazi party ruled by Adolf Hitler controlled the entire government as fuhrer(leader) with all power in his hands. -
Japan Withdraws from League of Nations
Japan left the League of Nations after they critized Japan for invading Manchuria. -
The 4-Power Pact
Britain, France, Germany and Italy signed a treaty to balance power in the region. I t was suggested by Mussolini for international secruity. -
Muroto Typhoon
A violent typhoon hit Japan with wind speeds of 130 mph and a tidal wave of 13 feet. 2702 were dead, 334 missing and just under 15000 wounded. -
The Great Purge
Sergey Kirov is head of the communist party in Leningrad is Assainated. This causes Stalin to systematically execute anybody who was believed to be against the communist party. -
Frank Lloyd White builds Fallingwater
His work is considered organic architecture. -
Italy Invaded Ethiopia
Italy invaded Ethiopia to boost Italian national prestiege. -
George V Dies
King George the fifth died at 70. His eldest son becomes Kind Edward the 8th. -
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
German military troops began making fortifications on the Rhine river. This was in direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles. This area was right next to Belgium and the Netherlands. -
Gorky Dies
Maxim Gorky was a famous soviet writer who supported Marxist and communist beliefs. He was a personal friend of Lenin. -
Nazis in the Spanish Civil War
Hitler used the Spanish Civil War as an excuse to test his new military weapons in support of the rebel leader Francisco Franco. -
Jessie Owens
Hitler supervising the summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany and states that Blacks and Jews should not be allowed to participate. Jessie Owens ominates the track and field by winning 4 gold medals embarassing Hitler. -
First BBC TV Broadcast
1st BBC TV program is aired in Britain. -
No Unemployment
Soviet Industrial Policy creates numerous new jobs-7.9 million by 1937. -
Second Sino-Japanese War
This was a war between the republic of China and the Empire of Japan. Japanese forces invaded China with vicotories in Shang hi and the Japanese capital NanKing. This ultimately became part of WW2. -
The 3rd Soviet 5 year plan
This plan Soviets devolep more armaments, tanks and weapons prior to WW2. -
Anschluss
This is when Germany took over Austria. This also was against the Treaty of Versailles. -
Fascists become Antisemitic
Under pressure from Nazi Germany the Fascists began passing legisaltion against Jews. -
Kristallnacht
Also called the night of broken glass. It was a series of cooridinated attacks of Jewish owned stores, buildings, and synagougs organized by the Nazi party. 91 Jews were killed, 1000 synagougs burned, 7000 Jewish businesses destroyed or damaged. -
Stalin Suggests Alliance with Britain and France
Stalin tried to alline himself with Britain and France prior to WW2 but he recieved a lukewarm reception favoring Nazi Germany instead. -
Molotov-ribbentrop Pact
This was a promise of non-aggression betwee the Nazis and Stalin. It only lasted until 1941 when Germany invaded the Soviet Union. -
Germany Invades Poland
Invasion of Poland was the beginning of WWll. It happened one week after the non aggression pact with the Soviet Union. The Nazis invaded from the North, South and West while the Soviets came from the East. Germany invaded Poland to gain key terriotories including the city of Danzig and the Polish coriddor. Germany and the Soviet Union ended up dividing Poland between them.
