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Joseph Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union
After the death of soviet leader Lenin, Joseph Stalin came into to power turning the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state. -
Mussolini named prime minister of Italy
Mussolini and his black rejected the democratic process in favor of violent action and many Italians also accepted their revolts. In 1922 they made their bid for power and demanded that the government make changes and they elected Mussolini prime minister. -
The Manchurian Incident
Japanese troops used the pretext of an explosion along the Japanese-controlled South Manchurian Railway to occupy Mukden. Japanese reinforcements arrived from Korea, and the army began to expand throughout northern Manchuria -
Japan withdraws from League of Nations
Japan withdrew from the League of Nations after they blamed them for the events that occurred in Manchuria. -
Hitler becomes president of Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-becomes-president-of-germany Hitler does very bad things which encouraged the army and other reactionary forces within the country to urge Hitler to further his power by merging the presidency and the chancellorship. -
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U.S. passes Neutrality Acts
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/neutrality-acts It banned U.S. ships from carrying goods or passengers to ports but allowed the United States to sell munitions, although on a “cash‐and‐carry” basis. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
The Ethopian king Haile Selassie appealed to the League of Nations for help. League members agreed to stop selling weapons or other war materials to Italy. -
Hitler sends troops into Rhineland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-reoccupies-the-rhineland As dictated by the Treaty of Versailles, Germany’s military forces were reduced to insignificance and the Rhineland was to be demilitarized. -
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The Spanish Civil War
German planes dropped their load of bombs, and then swooped low to machine-gun anyone who had survived the bombs. -
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Japan invades eastern China
Chinese forces were unable to effectively resist the Japanese. The Japanese military was not only better armed and organized, they were also incredibly brutal. -
Anschluss
The Anschluss violated the Versailles treaty and created a brief war scare. -
Germany annexes Sudetenland
It was prepared by the Sudeten Germans, who, after accepting with great reluctance the Treaty of Saint-Germain, which had placed them under Czechoslovak rule in 1919. -
Hitler and Stalin sign non-aggression pact
http://www.britannica.com/event/German-Soviet-Nonaggression-Pact Secretly, the two agreed not to fight if the other went too war and to divide up Poland and other parts or Eastern Europe between them. -
Germany invades Poland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland They invade a week after the Nazi-Soviet Pact. Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany, World War 2 had begun. -
Munich conference
At the Munich Conference, British and French leaders again chose appeasement.
