Events between ww1 and ww2

by: Panida S.

Nov 2 1917

Start of Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was founded in November 1917 by the Bolshevik Party. Led by Vladimir Lenin
and, after 1923, by Josef Stalin, the Bolsheviks (later known as the Communists) established Communist rule in the former
Russian Empire after the conclusion of a bitter civil war in 1921.

Jun 28 1919

Versailles Treaty
The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918 and in the shadow of the
Russian Revolution and other events in Russia. Germany were punished for their actions and it left a huge grudge that sets up
Germany for ww2.

May 2 1920

Rise of Totalitarianism- Fascism, Nazism, Communism

Franco's regime was the only fascist government to stay in power after World War II. Benito Mussolini's Fascist movement rose to
power in the late 1920's as a reactionary force, responding to pervasive popular disillusionment with the ineffective government in
place at the time. Perhaps the most infamous example of an interwar totalitarian regime can be seen in the NAZI party's control of
Germany between 1933 and 1945.

Oct 29 1922

Mussolini takes over

Mussolini started his time in power by buying support from both the working class and the industrial bosses. Changed Italy's
constitution and brought about many changes in Italy.

Nov 9 1923

Beer Hall Putsch, Mein Kampf

On November 89, 1923, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a coalition group in an attempted coup d'tat 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.

May 2 1929

Stalin gains power

He rised to power and did three main things. The five year plan, collectivisation, and the purges. Fought as leader of Russia in
ww2.

Jan 30 1933

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.

Feb 27 1933

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.

Sep 15 1935

Nuremburg 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.

Sep 28 1938

Munich Conference
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."

Sep 30 1938

Sudetenland/Appeasement
At Munich, France and Britain agree to give Hitler the Sudetenland.
Chamberlain waves 'a piece of paper' with Hitler's statement that he does not want to go to war. German troops march into the
Sudetenland, and are welcomed as heroes.

Nov 9 1938

Kristallnacht
the wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms which took place on November 9 and 10, 1938, throughout Germany, annexed Austria,
and in areas of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia recently occupied by German troops.Kristallnacht figures as an essential
turning point in Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews, which culminated in the attempt to annihilate the European Jews.

Aug 23 1939

Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

German-Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland on September 1, 1939, without fear of Soviet intervention. On September
3, 1939, Britain and France, having guaranteed to protect Poland's borders five months earlier, declared war on Germany. These
events marked the beginning of World War II.

Sep 1 1939

Invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia
and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000
planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. First act to
start war.

Aug 11 1919

The Weimar Republic

In 1919, a national assembly convened in Weimar, where a new constitution for the German Reich was written, then adopted on
11 August of that same year. Beginning of a new constitution post ww1

Oct 29 1929

The Great Depression

The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world that began
in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized
Western world. After the Great Depression Governments were more involved in the economic stability of the market.

May 3 1930

Military actions and response of League of nations

The League of nations tried to talk to Mussolin and failed. Italy and Japan invaded and the league looked weak. This in turn made
Hitler assume the League would be powerless to stop him from invading Poland. This sets up for ww2