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Wall street crash
Germany economic crisis because USA stopped sending money, soon had disastrous effects on Germany, producing six and a half medium unemployed. -
The impact of the depression
After the Wall Street Crash the value of shares on the American stock market collapsed. People tried frantically to sell their shares before the prices fell even further. In one day no fewer than 13 million shares were sold. This was the start of an economic crisis that devastated the whole world. -
Musolini started a war
Mussolini goes to war to began a military compaign to extend italys influence in Europe and Africa. Hitler and him were allies. In 1943 Mussoliniu executed and hitler takes the power. -
Agreement between Britain, France Germany and Italy
Britain, France, Germany and Italy accepted the borders in Werstern Europe established in the Treaty of Versalles. This agreement ended in 1930. -
Japan seized the Chinise province of Manchuria
Japan was criticised by the League of Nations but no action was taken to stop Japanese aggression. -
A major disarmament conference ended in failure
The new leader of Germany, Hitler, took Germany out of the conferende. Germany also left the league of nation. -
Weimarnm Republic collapsed
People blamed the Weimar government for the depression and for making things worse. They began to look at other parties (the Nazis) who promised hope. -
Nazis were the largest single party
Hitler failed to become Chancellor party because the Nazis still locked an overall majority, because he was not yet quite “respectable”. -
Isolationism
The USA became more isolationist Roosvelt was elected as US president. He was more converned with rebuilding the American economy than foreign affairs. One of the consequences of the depression. -
The rise of Hitler
In 1990 Hitler joined and took over a tiny group called the German Workers' party. Slowly membership grew and in 1920 Hitler changed the name of the organisation to the National Socialist Workers' Party. Hitler finally took power in 1933. -
Hitler as Chancellor
On the night of January 30, 1933, the nazis organized a massive torchlight parade in Berlin to celebrate the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. -
Hitler out of the League of Nation
Hitler went out of the league of nations. He withdrew Germany from the disamament conference that had been meeting at Geneva since 1932. -
The night of the long knives
The night of the long knive was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934, when the Nazi regime carried out a series of political executions. Most of those killed were members of the Sturmabteilung. -
Russia joins the League of Nations in an attempt to join forces with against Hitler
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Stresa Front
An anti-German grouping of Britain, France and Italy was established called the Stresa Front. -
Italy conquered the African state of Abyssinia
The L of N imposed a ban on trade with Italy but this did not include restrictions on the sale of petrol. the trade ban did not stop Italy from conquering Abyssinia. -
Hitler marched Germans troops into the Rhineland.
The poitioning of German force in this border area was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles. The goverment of France considered sending troops to stop the Germans but they decided to take no action. -
Anti-Comintern Pact
Italy, German and Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, they ppldged to fight against communism. -
Anschluss
The effective annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the regime of Adolph Hitler is known as the Anschluss. -
Appeasment
Appeasment was a policy that consisted of satisfy Hitler's demands of territory posponing the war and using arguments and tiem to rearm. -
Invation of Czechoslovakia
In march 1939 Germany invaded what was left of Czechoslovakia. Britain and France took no action. -
Invation of Poland
Germany invaded Poland in september 1939. Britain and France had pledged to defend Poland. On 3 September the French and British goverments declared war on Germany -
Declaration of the second World War
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Munich and the occupation of Sudeteland
The Munich conference began on 29 September. A day later the British and French Prime Ministers agreed with Hitler on the terms of the annexation of the Sudetenland.
