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Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical and political manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The book outlines many of Hitler's political beliefs, his political ideology, and his future plans for Germany and the world. -
The stock market crash that is widely considered to have triggered the start of the Great Depression occurred in late October 1929, with the most significant days of panic selling being Black Thursday (October 24) and Black Tuesday (October 29). -
The persistent dry weather caused crops to fail, leaving the plowed fields exposed to wind erosion. The Great Plains' fine soil eroded easily and was carried east by strong continental winds. The first recorded dust storm occurred on September 14, 1930. -
Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. He was appointed to the position by the aging President Paul von Hindenburg through Germany's legal political process, not by winning an election for the chancellorship or by a coup. -
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28 -
Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected president on November 8, 1932, defeating incumbent Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory. He was inaugurated on March 4, 1933, and his first term was defined by his response to the Great Depression through his "New Deal" programs -
Berlin hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad. The event is historically significant for being used as a propaganda tool by the Nazi regime, which temporarily eased anti-Semitic measures to present a false image of tolerance. A major athletic highlight was the performance of African-American athlete Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals and countered the Nazi ideology of Aryan superiority
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The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939, was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.