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Mussolini forms a party in March to go against Italian government -
Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles with the allies and was forced to take the blame for the outcome of World War I. -
Hitler joined this group because he believed since it was small he could become the leader easily -
Woodrow Wilson founded the League of Nations, an international organization to ensure cooperation and peace. Headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland. -
Mussolini wanted to take over italian govermnment and he threatened if they dont give it over then he will battle for it using violence -
Conference held by 9 international naval powers including the United States. It was the world’s largest naval powers gathered to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tension in East Asia. -
Adolf Hitler and his followers lead a march at Bürgerbräukeller, one of the biggest beer halls in Munich in attempt to takeover the Weimar Republic. -
aimed to assist Germany's failing economy and promote national security with the balance of powers -
Signed in Paris by 15 nations as a promise to prevent war and not use war as a way to settle disagreements or conflicts. It ensures peace. -
worst economic downturn, began after the stock market crash of October 1929. There was mass unemployment. -
Kwantung Army of Japan had invaded Manchuria, China for natural resources such as oil, rubber and lumber in order to make up for lack of resources back in Japan. -
It was attended by 31 states (most members of the League of Nations). The USSR and the United States also attended.The aim of the Geneva Conference was disarmament that would target land, air and naval programs. -
Hitler places second in the NSGWP and Paul von Hindenburg won the second seven year term against him. -
In Geneva, Switzerland, Hitler announced Germany’s withdrawal from the Geneva Conference and the League of Nations. Withdrawal took place in response to the Western powers refusal to meet its demand for equality. -
Germany announced its withdrawal from both the Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations, ostensibly in response to the Western powers' refusal to meet its demand for equality. -
Hitler had the cabinet pass the “Law Concerning the Highest State Office of the Reich to merge the offices of president and chancellor under the title of Leader and Chancellor -
It was to boost Italian national prestige which was wounded by Ethiopia's defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the nineteenth century (1896), which saved Ethiopia from Italian colonization. -
Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and sends military forces into the Rhineland. Hitler claimed this treaty was hostile to them and German troops weren’t allowed to to stationed in the Rhineland, or build any fortifications -
Mussolini thought Hitler would be a good leader during the war and he wanted to align with him so that he wasn't against him -
A military conflict between Japan and China. China fought with aid from United States and Soviet Union. -
Italy declared its leaving from the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Italy left after the League of Nations had imposed economic sanctions on Italy for the invasion of Abyssinia -
German troops marched into Austria to annex the German speaking country for the Third Reich -
Hitler demanded the annexation of the Sudetenland into Germany. At this point Hitler was aware that the Allies were desperate to avoid war, and thought it likely that they would appease his demands. Hitler threatened war over the issue of the Sudetenland. -
Hitler invaded the Czech lands and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The Munich pact was signed which gave over Czechoslovakia to Germany in the name of peace. -
Germany and Soviet Union sign a non-agression pact in Russia because Hitler wanted to take over Poland and needed to ensure that the British couldn't stop him. -
Germany invaded Poland. It was the first straw of WWII. They invaded Poland to regain lost territory and to rule their neighbor in the east. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany in response to the invasion of Poland.