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The Treaty of Versailles
The treaty after ww1 that decided what the punishments were for the central powers and how the land was going to be split, was lead by the allied powers, Germany could not attend, is extremely centered on punishing Germany. leads to ww2 by imposing reparations that destroy Germany's economy, and lower standards of livings, as well as taking land from Germany, restricting Germany's military, taking their natural resources, and humiliating them by making Germany take the full blame for ww1. -
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Interwar Years
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The League of Nations
The worlds first international security organization is created, is created to prevent war, both France and United Kingdom join, Soviet Russia and Germany are rejected, America does not join, leads to ww2 when the league of nations fails to keep the peace in China when Japan attacks -
Communist International
Communist International or Comintern is created by the Soviet Union to promote international communist revolutions and the world wide spread of Communism, leads to ww2 by increasing tension between capitalism and communism -
Fascist Italy
In 1922 Mussolini becomes prime minister and begins to turn Italy into a fascist totalitarian dictatorship to hopefully expand and unify Italy, leads to ww2 because of the fascist political parties urge to expand Italy's borders -
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Hopeful Years
A period in Europe that people are hopeful, they believe that they can rebuild and that everything will workout, ends when the great depression begins in 1929. when the period ends people begin to believe that the peace cant last -
Stalin in power in Russia
In 1926 Stalin takes control of Russia and begins to turn it into a totalitarian communist state and promote world wide communism, also begins his reign of terror and fear. promotes ww2 because of Stalin's later decisions to secretly ally with Germany -
The Great Depression
In America the stock market crashes triggering a depression that spreads from America to Europe unemployment rates skyrocket to up to 25% in places. leads to ww2 because of lack of jobs, poor economies, and inability to provide families with food -
Japan invades manchuria
When Japan attacks Manchuria in search of more territory, The league of nations attempts to stop Japan from invading, but their failure to accomplish this weakened faith in the league of nations. leads to ww2 because people begin to loose faith in keeping the peace -
Third Reich
When Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany he believes that it is the beginning of a new era, an great new era for Germany, Hitler believes this because he plans to purify and unite Germany. Hitler and the Nazis are in full control within months. leads to ww2 because of an increase in nationalism it causes -
Germany goes on its own
The Third Reich withdraws from the disarmament and league of nations conferences so that they their military can be expanded, creating more jobs. leads to ww2 because of the violation of the treaty of Versailles as well as the militarization of Germany
