Events
-APRIL 28 - League of Nations founded
-JUNE 28 - Treaty of Versailles is signed- JULY 29 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZIS)
- National Socialist Party (Nazi) led by Hitler criticizes
the German democratic government (Weimar Republic) and supports the theory that all Germans were
part of an
Aryan superhuman race and all others (Jews, gypsies, Slavs) were to be eliminatedNOV. 8 / 9- Beer Hall Putsch:
Nazi attempt to overthrow the Munich government
fails, and Hitler sentenced to prison where
he wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle) – his plan for
attaining power-JULY 18 – Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf is published-SEPTEMBER 8- Germany admitted to the League of Nationsvast increase in Nazi power in German parliament (Reichstag)OCTOBER 29 – Stock Market on Wall Street crashes-SEPTEMBER 14 - Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany-Japan’s occupation of Manchuria leads
the League of Nations to condemn Japan. However
the League of Nations does nothing to force Japan out.
Japan resigns as a member of the League of Nations.JANUARY 30 - Hitler appointed Chancellor (Prime Minister) of Germany by President Hindenburg
FEBRUARY 27 - a week before the election, the Reichstag burns. Hitler blames it on the Communists.
Nazi party only had a small majority in the Reichstag (parliament), but arrests his opponents, has another vote to and gains the power to re-write Germany’s constitution
MARCH 23 - Hitler passes the Enabling Act establishing himself as dictator
APRIL 1 – Nazi boycott of Jewish owned shops-Japan builds battleships
-JUNE 30-“Night of the Long Knives”
-AUGUST 2- President Hindenberg dies
- AUGUST 19 - Hitler names himself Furher (dictator) of GermanyMARCH 16 – Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription
SEPTEMBER 15- German Jews stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws-FEBRUARY 10 – German Gestapo is placed above the law
-MARCH 7 - Germany marches into Rhineland (violation of Treaty of Versailles) and League of Nations takes no action
- MAY 9 - Italy invades Ethiopia and the League of Nations takes no action
-Non-aggression treaty signed between Italy, Germany and Japan = AXIS powers-MARCH 12 / 13 - Germany invades Austria (Anschluss = union)
-SEPTEMBER 30 – British Prime Minister Chamberlain appeases Hitler at Munich
-OCTOBER 15 - Sudetenland (northwest part of Czechoslovakia) occupied by Germany
-NOVEMBER 9 / 10 – “Night of the Broken Glass” (also called Kristallnacht or Night of the Broken Crystals)AUGUST 23- Soviet Union signs Non-Aggression Pact with Germany
AUGUST 25 – Britain and Poland sign Mutual Assistance Treaty
SEPTEMBER 1- Nazis invades Poland
SEPTEMBER 3 – Britain, France / Austria / New Zealand declare war on Germany
SEPTEMBER 4 – British Royal Air Force attacks the German navy
SEPTEMBER 5 – United States proclaims neutrality
SEPTEMBER 10 – Canada declares war on Germany; Battle on Atlantic begins
SEPTEMBER 17 – Soviets invades PolandFEBRUARY Japan makes more threatens to Hong Kong
MARCH 15/16. Germany takes rest of Czechoslovakia
APRIL. Italy has Albania
MAY 22- formal treaty signed between Italy and Germany
JULY - U.S. slows trade with Japan
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