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Mein Kampf "My Struggle" was written by Adolf Hitler. In this book, part autobiography, part political ideology, Hitler blames the Jews for the economic and social problems of Germany
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Also known as 'black Tuesday' the U.S. stock market crashed after many investors sold their stock in order to pay off the debt they had aqcuired in their purchasing of stock.
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Triggered by the U.S. stock market crash, the great depression affected countries worldwide. People waited in soup lines for food, thousands lost their jobs and had to move from their homes to search for any kind of work. Many people died.
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The Japanese, after the Mukden incident in which they staged an attack on themselves, blamed the people of Manchuria for the attack then invaded and set up a puppet state known as Manchuko.
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Began with Japan's invasion of Manchuria and was their continual overtaking of islands in the pacific
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Adolf Hitler, a WWI veteran and political leader, lead the Nazi party to supreme control in Germany, beginning with his book 'Mein Kampf' he spread anti-Semetic feeling in Germany.
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The Enabling act was passed by the Reichstag and allowed Hitler and the Nazi party to temporarily pass legislation without it needing to be passed by the Reichstag.
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The Nuremberg Laws were anti-semetic legislation that prevented Jews and non-Jews from marrying. They also stripped Jews of their German citizenship.
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Fought between Italy and Ethiopia. Was won by Italy. Exposed the inherent weaknesses of the League of Nations
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Hitlers sending of troops into the Rhineland, against the Treaty of Versailles. This was allowed as per the British Prime Minister Chamberlain's policy of Appeasement. He allowed Hitler to re-take the Rhineland as long as Hitler promised not to use force to expand Germany's borders any further.
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This began as a right wing uprising against the Spanish government and was only partially successful. After the partially-successful coup, Francisco Franco began a war with the established government, he was supported by Nazi Germany and Italy. Nazi Germany simply joined as a means of practicing their war techniques and bombing strategies.
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Appeasement was the policy of making concessions to an agressor for legitimate grievances in the hopes that war will be avoided as a result. This is what Chamberlain of England used with Nazi Germany with no success.
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Mass murder and war rape of Chinese by the Japanese during the second Sino-Japanese war.
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This was Nazi Germany's annexing of Austria
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This was when Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of England, signed a treaty allowing Nazi Germany to take the Sudentland because of his policy of Appeasment.
