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Totalitarianism
Lenin, Stalin, Japan, Hitler, and Mussolini -
Bolshevik Takeover
The Red Guards attacked the Provisional Governmentcausing it to collapse. they took over Moscow and made it their capital. they ended private ownership of land and distributed land to peasents. they created a new flag. -
Hitler Joins NSDAP
Hitler felt cheated about the treaty of versailles and him and other german nationalists founded the National Socialist German Worker's Party. -
Mussolini Creates Facist Party
When Mussolini was elected to the Italian Parliment he fouded the national fascist party. which roughly had about 300,000 members. they marched on rome and demanded power. King Victor Emmanual III made Mussolini prime minister -
End of Russian Civil War - Whites Surrender
Lenin's policy of War Communism helps the Reds in the Russian Civil war by making the Whites to surrender.The reds begin to build The USSR. -
Mussolini March on Rome
Woth the help of Mussolini's National Fascist Party, Mussolini would march on Rome in October 1922. Mussoln is made prime minster. he gains more members of his party after being prime minister. -
Beer Hall "Putsch"
This was the Nazi's attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government in Munich. This resulted in Hitler going to prison. Hitler goes to prison and made the nazi bible. which showed his anit-semitism and imperialistic agenda. -
Hitler Goes to Jail & Writes MEIN KAMPF
When Hitler goes to jail he wites what later becames the nazi bible, which show his anti-semitism and imperialistic agenda."Cleansing Germany of Jews and overturning the Versialle treaty would make Germany a world power again. -
Lenin's NEP
This policy by lenin keeps the government in control over the large industries, they kept conrol of banks, and foriegn trade and allowed small businesses to reopen for private profit. By 1928 the econmy became stable again and got back to the way it used to be. -
Lenin's Death
Lenin dies after having three strokes. But he leaves behind his NEP policy which later helps the econmy. -
Stalin's 5 Year Plan
In 1928 Stalin proposed the first of several five year plans that was made to build a heavy indutry, improve transportation, and increase farm output. this made the soviet union to make a command economy -
Stalin's Collectivazation
Stalin makes this policy in replace of th NEP. Stalin brought agriculture under government control. large famrs owned and operated by peasants as a group. collectivation gave stalin more control. there were about 20 million deaths. -
Invasion of Manchuria
Japanese military leaders and ultranationalists felt that Japan shouldnhave an empire equal to those of the western powers. Japan seized Mancuria in 1931. Japan withdrew from the League of Nations. -
Nazi Win Majority in Election
With a majority of votes and support from a chancellor, Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. the president was reluctant to naming him chancellor and now hitler was able to do what he wanted. -
Great Purge
Stalin launhes the great purge and during this reign of terror he cracked down on many people for resenting him(old bolesheviks, army heroes, industrial mangers, writers, ordinary citizens). Many convicts were sent to gulags. this replaced a generation of young members who had respect for Stalin. -
Nazi Soviet Non- Agression Pact
This was basically an agreement that stated that Germany and the soviet union would not attck themselves ever again . this pact was meant to be in effect for a long time but ended in two years. -
Invasion of Ethiopia
Mussolini gathers his army and prepares for the invasion of Ethiopia. This was strictly an imperialistic move by Mussulini to primarly expand his control and power. -
Sigining of Berlin, Rome & Tokyo Axis
Mussolini and Hitler sign this and create a new powerful alliance. they wanted rome and berlin to be the new axis around whuch the world would evolve. they wanted to be the main countries. They put there views together and set out to take over countries and gain power. -
Re-Militarizing Rhineland
The remilitarization of the Rhineland was ordered by Hitler and carried out on the 7th of March in 1936. Hitler marched 22,000 of his troops onto demilitarised land breaking not only the Treaty of Versailles but also the Locarno Pact. -
Rape of Nanjing
this was basically a mass murder, genocide and war rape of the newly captured city of nanjing.this was a six week occurance. -
Hitler Takes of Sudentenland
Sudentenland falls to the power of Hitler without a choice. at the munich conference sudentenland was surrendered by the Czechs. -
Anschaluss- Austria
the union of Austria and Germany. this violated the Versialles treaty and created a brief war scare. then Hitler silenced anyone that opposed Hitler. -
Munich Conference
British and French leaders again chose appeasement. they caved in to Hitler's demands and then persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland without a fight. British leaders said this saved Czechoslovakia from destrucion and Europe from Armageddon.
