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In Germany, high debt and speculation on the market cause hyperinflation. They slow down payments for war reparations. In reaction, France and Belgium sent troops to an industrial region in Germany. -
The inflation was through the roof, so the US and the UK proposed a plan to adjust German debt and grant credit so that it could revive its economy. -
In Italy, Mussolini’s fascist party obtains full power over the government by banning all other political parties. -
In New York, the Wall Street crash took place and caused the most severe economic crisis in decades. -
The repercussions of the Great Depression are global, and Germany was hit with 30% of its population unemployed and poverty rising. -
Germans held their government responsible for the ongoing crisis, as a result, extremism rose, and the NSDAP won the elections. Adolf Hitler was the new president. -
Hitler wanted to unite the Germans into a great nation. He wanted to annul the Treaty of Versailles and kill Jews and Marxists. He stopped the war reparations payments and reinstated the military. -
After a couple of years, the Nazis gained important allies with Japan and succeeded in annexing Austria, now they were going for Czechoslovakia. -
France and the UK did not want a new war, so they decided to betray Czechoslovakia and authorize the invasion of a part of their territory. However, Germany violates the agreement and invades the entire country. -
Germans started sending planes to attack britain, but in August 24 a German plane missed the target and bombars a district in London, causing that the countries target cities. -
On September 19, 1939, Germany attacked Poland without a formal declaration of war. In reaction, France and the UK declared war on Germany. -
Germany launched the largest surprise attack to russia and captured 3 million soldiers -
France, the US and other countries launched an attack and managed to regain part of the lost territory. -
Germany was divided and there were changes in the borders.