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28th June 1919

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Treat of Versailles is signed

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1920

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The USA votes to stay out of the league. This was significant as it meant the country with the strongest economy and military was not part of the league.

The league fails in vilna.

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1921

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Reparations figure for Germany set at 6.6 billion pounds.

The league succeeds in upper Silesia and the Aaland island.

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1923

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League failure in corfu, between Italy and Greece. This was significant as it showed powerful countries like Italy could get around the league.

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1925

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League succeeds in Bulgaria.

Locarno treaties are signed, securing the French-German border.

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1926

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Germany joins the league of nation’s.

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1928

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The Kellogg Briand pact. Over 60 countries met and agreed never to use war as a solution to disputes.

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October 1929

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Wall Street crash in America.

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9
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1930-1932

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As a result of the Wall Street crash the Great Depression starts.

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September 1931

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Start of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria

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February 1932

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Beginning of the disarmament conference.

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October 1932

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The league produces the Lytton report, over a year after the invasion, condemning Japan for its actions.

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January 1933

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Hitler is appointed chancellor and starts rearming Germany in secret.

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February 1933

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Japan ignores the Lytton report and continues it’s invasion, when further condemned, Japan promptly wales out of the league, again showing the league can be undermined by larger powers.

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October 1933

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Hitler walks out of the disarmament conference and also has Germany leave the League of Nations.

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December 1934

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Skirmish at Wal Wal oasis in Abyssinia, Mussolini declares intentions to invade.

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January 1935

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The Saar plebiscite, the Saar is returned to Germany, the first sign of appeasement shown by the larger powers for hitler.

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1935

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Stresa pact signed between Britain and Italy, both countries agreeing to stand against hitler, though no mention of Abyssinia ever came up.

Freedom to rearm rally, the rearmament of Germany is made public.

Britain signs Anglo German naval agreement with Germany allowing Germany to increase its navy to 35% the size of the British navy.

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October 1935

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Mussolini begins invasion of Abyssinia.

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December 1935

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Hoare larval pact is signed, negotiated by the British foreign minister Hoare and the French prime minister Laval, which promised Italy two thirds of Abyssinia.

This was significant as it was done without consultation of the league. It also meant the international community lost faith in the league, as its two most powerful nations had done nothing about Italy’s aggression.

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7th march 1936

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Germanys remilitarisation of the Rhineland.

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May 1936

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Italy invasion of Abyssinia is completed as Italy takes the capital city Addis Abba.

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October 1936

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Rome Berlin axis is agreed. The agreement involves a political and military alliance between the two fascist countries, and to oppose Stalin and the communist regime. Japan would later join to form the axis powers.

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12th march

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Anschluss with Austria, the union if Germany and Austria was voted on and agreed upon by an overwhelming majority of 97.5%. This union was forbidden under the treat of Versailles.

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29th to 30th September 1938

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Munich agreement between chamberlain and hitler, the two countries promise not to go to war. Chamberlain called the agreement peace in out time. Some, including Churchill opposed this agreement.

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1st October 1938

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Hitler and his army are able to walk into the Sudetenland, and under the Munich agreement, suffered no casualties. This would promptly lead to a further invasion of Czechoslovakia.

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15th march 1939

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Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Britain sends Germany an ultimatum, ordering them to retreat. Germany is not phased and continues the invasion.

28
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23rd august 1939

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The nazi soviet pact is signed between Germany and Russia, agreeing not to go to war and to split Poland between the two countries.

29
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1st September 1939

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Germany invasion of Poland begins, start of World War Two.

30
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1934

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Nazis became part of the Austria cabinet after Dolfuss is killed. Schusnigg, the new chancellor, gave them important seats in return fir their support.

31
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9th march 1938

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Schuschnigg announces referendum for the union between Austria and Germany.

32
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10th march 1938

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Hitler prepares his troops to invade Austria.

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11th march 1938

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Schuschnigg announces his resignation. The following day Germany walks into Austria.

34
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The anti Comintern pact 1936-1937

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An agreement signed in 1936 between Germany and Japan, agreeing to limit communist influence. In 1937 Italy also signed. This pact went directly against the newly formed Soviet Union. This was part of the formation of the axis powers.

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May 1938

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Hitler makes it clear that if he is not given the Sudetenland then he will fight Czechoslovakia is necessary. This out Europe on full war alert as britain France and the USSR all agreed to support the Czechs, and the leader Benes was certainly prepared to fight Germany. The Czechs had a modern army, and would be no walkover for hitler.

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15th September 1938

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The situation if the Sudetenland was reaching crisis point. Chamberlain meets with hitler, who reduces his demands, only asking for a plebesite for the people in the Sudetenland to see what they desired. Chamberlain thought this was reasonable.

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19th September 1938

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Britain and France tell the Czechs their plan to give parts of the Sudetenland to Germany, however a few days later hitler increases his demands, demanding the whole of the Sudetenland. He claimed the Germans were mistreated, and he intended to rescue them by the 1st of October.

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