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Hyperinflation in Germany
Hyperinflation
The 1923 hyperinflation was the result of paper money being pumped into the economy to such an extent that it became effectively worthless. The effects this had on German society were disruptive for many and utterly disastrous for some. -
Joseph Stalin Becomes Leader of Soviet Union
hitlerJoseph Stalin (1878-1953) was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign. -
Mein Kampf
In JuMein Kampfy 1925,Hitler became a published book author with the release of the first volume of his work Mein Kampf (My Struggle). -
The Manchurian Incident
The Manchirian IncidentOn September 18, 1931, an explosion destroyed a section of railway track near the city of Mukden. The Japanese, who owned the railway, blamed Chinese nationalists for the incident and used the opportunity to retaliate and invade Manchuria. -
Hitler Becomes The Prime Minister of Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/adolf-hitler-is-named-chancellor-of-germany On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German as chancellor of Germany. The year 1932 had seen Hitler’s meteoric rise to prominence in Germany, spurred largely by the German people’s frustration with dismal economic conditions and the still-festering wounds inflicted by defeat in the Great War and the harsh peace terms of the Vers -
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Italy invades Ethiopia
Italy invades EthiopiaMussolini claimed that his policies of expansion were not different from that of other colonial powers in Africa. The aim of invading Ethiopia 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 sends troops into Rhineland
Hitler reoccupies Rhineland Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. -
The Spanish Civil War
On July 18, 1936, the Spanish Civil War begins as a revolt by right-wing Spanish military officers in Spanish Morocco and spreads to mainland Spain -
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Japan invades eastern China
The Resistance War (Banian kangRi zhanzheng) of 1937-45 was one of the greatest upheavals in Chinese history. It was a time of courage and sacrifice and a time of suffering and loss. Virtually the entire country was engulfed by war. All of China’s major cities were occupied, as were the eastern and northeastern regions and much of the southeast. -
Anschluss
Anschluss
On this day, Adolf Hitler announces an “Anschluss” (union) between Germany and Austria, in fact annexing the smaller nation into a greater Germany. -
Munich Conference
Munich
On this day in 1938, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact, which seals the fate of Czechoslovakia, virtually handing it over to Germany in the name of peace. Upon return to Britain, Chamberlain would declare that the meeting had achieved “peace in our time.” -
Germany Annexes Sudentenland
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/sept-30-1938-hitler-granted-the-sudentenland-by-britain-france-and-italy/?_r=0 In the early hours of Sept. 30, 1938, leaders of Nazi Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy signed an agreement that allowed the Nazis to annex the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia that was home to many ethnic Germans. Nazi Fuhrer Adolf Hitler had threatened to take the Sudetenland by force. -
Kristallnacht
KristallnachtKristallnacht, also known as " Night of Broken Glass" refers to the wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms.This wave of violence took place throughout Germany, annexed Austria, and in areas of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia recently occupied by German troops. -
Hitler and Stalin sign non-aggression pact
[GERMAN-SOVIET NONAGGRESSION PACT](http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war- ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact) With Europe on the brink of another major war, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) viewed the pact as a way to keep his nation on peaceful terms with Germany, while giving him time to build up the Soviet military. -
Germany Invades Poland
[Germany invades Poland](http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in- history/germany-invades-poland) On September 1,1939, German bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun.
