Post WWI Timeline

By hopeydopey3
  • Mussolini Starts His Own Newspaper

    Mussolini Starts His Own Newspaper

    When Mussolini started his own newspaper, he used it to target socialists by saying that they were, "unpatriotic traitors," to try to gain the support of the people.
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    WWI

    WWI was a battle between the Allies (France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.)
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    February Revolution

    The result of the February Revolution was a Provisional Government replaced the monarchy.
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    October Revolution

    The October Revolution was lead by Lenin (Stalin was a huge part too), and it brought the Bolsheviks to power.
  • The Treaty of Versailles is Signed

    The Treaty of Versailles is Signed

    The Treaty of Versailles was the document signed to end WWI, and it made Germany and all the other Central Powers take all the blame/debt for WWI.
  • Mussolini Becomes Prime Minister

    Mussolini Becomes Prime Minister

    Mussolini took an army to threaten to take over the government, and the king was afraid of starting a civil war. As a result, the king appointed Mussolini as Prime Minister to keep peace.
  • Hitler is Arrested

    Hitler is Arrested

    Hitler was arrested and charge with treason after trying to seize the Bavarian government.
  • Stalin Takes Power in the Soviet Union

    Stalin Takes Power in the Soviet Union

    After Lenin died, Joseph Stalin was the successor and head of the Communist Party.

  • Spain Becomes a Republic

    The king of Spain couldn't work together with the dictator, which made him lose support from his people, so Spain then became a Republic.
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    The Holodomor

    The Holodomor was a major famine in Soviet Ukraine that killed a lot of people.
  • Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler became the chancellor of Germany because the Nazis were the largest party in the parliament, even thought they weren't majority.
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    Mussolini Invades Ethiopia

    Mussolini promised his people that he would bring Italy to the glory days of Ancient Rome. He started by invading Ethiopia in horrible ways, which made him lose support from other countries.
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    Stalin's Great Purge

    Stalin's "Great Purge" was Stalin's attempt to get rid of anyone who might seem like a threat to the people.
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    Spanish Civil War

    The Spanish Civil War started because the people in the democracy failed at having trying to all have control of the government.
  • Franco Takes Power in Spain

    Franco Takes Power in Spain

    With the help of Germany and Italy (fascists), Franco was able to take control of Spain.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht was a horrible part of history where the Nazis terrorized Jews, specifically in one night.