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March on Rome
Mussolini declared a "March on Rome" and threatened to take over the government. This lead to King Victor Emmanuel III surrendering and asking Mussolini to govern. -
Mussolini Rises to power.
After the March in Rome Mussolini came to power. He was a fascist which meant he had different views than the League of Nations, so him coming to power meant the people were rebelling against the League of Nations. -
Japan takes over Manchuria
Japan seized Chinese arsenals in Manchuria and began to take over the entire providence. The Japanese blamed China for the murder of a Japanese officer. China then protested leading to Japan leaving the League of Nations. -
Hitler comes to power
Hitler came to power and was a fascist just like Mussolini who he admired. As a fascist Hitler was going against the League of Nations and that meant that the people of Germany were rebelling against the League of Nations too. -
Hitler makes an army
Hitler made an army called the SS which was going against the Paris Peace Treaty which stated that Germany could not have an army over 100,000 armed officers. -
Spanish Civil War
Civil war broke out in Spain as a result of the elections in 1936n in which the republicans won and the rightists began to rebel. This was called a "dress rehearsal" for World War II because Germany and Italy sent men, money and weapons to help the rightists, while the Soviet Union sent technicians, political advisers and equipment to help the republican government. -
Japan Invades China
Japan invaded China with the goal of taking over China. The Japanese consider it the "Pacific War" and the rest of the world considered it the beginning of World War II. -
The night of the broken glass
One this night synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses in Germany were attacked by German paramilitary forces and by mobs in the Kristallnacht assault. -
Hitler takes Czechoslovakia
Hitler threatened to invade the Sudetenland and add it to Germany. There was then the treaty of Munich, in which Czechoslovakia said that Germany could have Sudetenland, they agreed to this and then the next day Hitler took over all of Czechoslovakia, breaking the treaty. -
Germany invades Poland
Germany sent 1 million troops into Poland. Poland was not equipped to defend itself and soon Germany annexed Poland into its new empire. The Soviet Union and Germany then each took half of Poland. Right after this France and Britain declared war which was the beginning of WWII.
