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Mussolini names prime minister of Italy
Mussolini originally was a revolutionary socialist, he allied himself with Hitler, and started his fascist movement. Mussolini became prime minister in 1922, and was killed after Germans surrender, in Italy of 1945. http://www.biography.com/people/benito-mussolini-9419443/videos/mussolini-emerging-dictator-20753987958 -
Hyperinflation in Germany
After world war 1 the Treaty of Versailles took away Germany's colonies, and they forced the country to pay $33 billion to Britain and France. This caused many people to become enslaved and unemployment was out of control. -
The Manchurian Incident
The Manchurian Incident , known as The Mukden Incident, was a plan made by the Japanese military that led to the invasion of Manchuria and eastern China. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
In 1932 the nazis won 230 government seats with the communists, the two groups made up over half of Reichstag. President Paul Von Hindenburg named Hitler chancellor. Hitler wanted to get rid of politics and have the whole state be in favor of one party, thus making it very powerful, immediately after Hitler was named he started ordering an expansion of police. ,https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2nhzoVIU_sU -
Japan withdraws from League of Nations
In the 1930s there became a world wide depression, Japan tried to overcome the depression by invading Manchuria. The league ordered Japan to leave Manchuria but Japan refused to go, then dropped out of the League of Nations. Matsuoka, a japenese diplomat, stated "we are not coming back" as he left the hall. -
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U.S. passes neutrality act
There were four parts of the neutrality act, one in 1935, in 1936, in 1937, and in 1939. In 1935 exporting arms, ammunition, and implements of war to foreign nations at war became prohibited, in 1936 the act was renewed, and Americans were no longer allowed to extend loans to belligerent nations. In 1937 citizens of the U.S. were forbidden from traveling on belligerent ships, in 1939 the lifted arms embargo put trade with belligerent nations under cash-and-carry only, the ban on loans remained. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Mussolini, fascist leader of Italy, adopted Hitler's idea of expanding territories. Mussolini led Italian troops to invade Ethiopia with the goal to boost Italian national respect. In 1896 Italy got defeated by Ethiopia in the battle of Adowa. -
The Spanish civil war
The Spanish civil war was a war between the republicans , who were loyal to the democratic, and nationalists, a falangist group led by generals Franco and Sanjugo. Nazi Germany's helped the nationalist and because of that they won. Franco then ruled Spain for 36 years until his death November 1975 -
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis formed
In Berlin, reman officials, fascist Italy, and Japan sign 10 year tripartite pact, a military alliance. The pact among the three, joined powers in waging world war 2. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-G-89PBlY -
Anschluss
Anschluss was the nazi propaganda term for the annexing of Austria into nazi Germany March 12 1938. Hitler wanted all German-speaking nations in Europe to be a part of Germany. He had designs on re-uniting Germany with his native homeland, Austria. The Treaty of Versailles states that Germany and Austria were forbidden to be unified. -
Munich conference
The Munich conference was a meeting where Hitler met with the heads of France , UK, and Italy to get permission to annex the Sudetenland; as long as he promises not to invade anywhere else.
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Germany annexes Sudetenland
Adolf hitler threatens to take Sudetenland by force so to avoid war France and Britain agreed although the czechlovian government disagreed. -
Kristallnacht
Herschel Grynszpan, a Jew that was only 17, shot and killed a member of the German embassy staff because of his anger with how poor the nazis were treating his father and family. On November 9, 1938 there was an attack on Jews throughout the German Reich, into the next day. The attack is also known as The Night o Broken Glass. -
Hitler and Stalin sign nonaggression pact
The nonaggression pact agreed that the Soviet Union and Germany don't take military action against each other for 10 years. Joseph Stalin, soviet leader, viewed the pact as a way to remain peaceful with Germany giving him time to build up the soviet military. However, Hitler used the pact to invade Poland unopposed. The pact contained a secret agreement that both countries will divide up Eastern Europe. The pact fell apart June 1941 when the nazis invades the Soviet Union. -
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Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland,with more than 2000 tanks and over 1000 planes, and breaks through their defenses then advances into Warsaw. Warsaw surrenders September 27 1939 and in October Germany annexed former Polish territories. Poland stays under German occupation until January 1945.
https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Germany-Invades-Poland-Part-1
