Years of Crisis

  • Treaty of Versailles Signed

    Treaty of Versailles Signed
  • Mussolini takes over

    Mussolini takes over
    Mussolini began his time in power by buying support from both the working class and the industrial bosses. He changed Italy's constitution and made many changes in Italy.
  • Beer Hall Putsch

    Beer Hall Putsch
    Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a coalition group in an attempted coup d'état which came to be known as the Beer Hall Putsch. They attempted to create a new government based on race. They failed but integrated it into a heroic effort.
  • Stalin gains power

    Stalin gains power
    He rose to power and did three main things. The five-year plan, collectivisation, and the purges. He also fought as the leader of Russia in WW2
  • Hitler becomes Chancellor

    Hitler becomes Chancellor
    In the hope of creating a stable government, the elderly President Hindenburg agreed to the plan. So on 30 January 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.
  • Reichstag Fire

    Reichstag Fire
    On February 27, 1933, the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down due to arson. The government falsely portrayed the fire as part of a Communist effort to overthrow the state.the Reichstag Fire Decree permitted the regime to arrest and incarcerate political opponents without specific charge, dissolve political organizations, and to suppress publications.
  • Nuremberg Laws

    Nuremberg Laws
    At the annual party rally held in Nuremberg in 1935, the Nazis announced new laws which institutionalized many of the racial theories prevalent in Nazi ideology. This derived them form most political rights
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference
  • Sudetenland/ appeasement

    Sudetenland/ appeasement
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
  • Nazi-soviet Non-aggression Pact

    Nazi-soviet Non-aggression Pact
  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland