<< 1933 World War II Timeline 1935 >>
1 January -
Europe: Germany initiates a program to develop a 4000-craft
Luftwaffe within two years.
26 January -
Europe:
Poland enteres into a 10 year
non-aggression treaty with
Germany.
1 March -
China:
Henry Pu Yi is crowned emperor of
Manchukuo.
10 April -
Japan: Japan issues objections to loans from the
US and
Britain to
China.
30 June -
Europe:
Hitler eliminates many of the
SA's commanders in the
Night of the Long Knives. Over 1000 people are assassinated.
July -
Japan: Japanese Foreign Ministry announces
a plan to invite 50,000 German Jews to settle in Manchukuo.
25 July -
Europe: The
Austrian Chancellor,
Engelbert Dollfuss, is assassinated by the Nazis during a failed coup attempt.
2 August -
Europe:
Paul von Hindenburg, the President of Germany, dies.
3 August -
Europe:
Adolf Hitler merges the powers of
President and
Chancellor into a single office. All military personnel are required to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler.
19 August -
Europe: Hitler declares himself
der Führer, "the leader" or "the guide".
18 September -
Europe: The
USSR is admitted into the
League of Nations.
6 October -
Europe: Three members of the right-wing
CEDA party join the
Spanish government. The leading
socialist party, the
PSOE, launches a short lived insurrection in protest, which is quickly, and brutally, put down by one
Francisco Franco.*
1 December -
Europe: A close comrade of
Josef Stalin,
Sergei Kirov, is assassinated, prompting the
Soviet dictator to begin a new round of purges. 8,000,000 Russians will be exiled in
Siberia or killed.
5 December -
Ethiopia:
Italian and Ethiopian troops clash just inside of
Ethiopia, near the border of
Italian Somaliland.
29 December -
Japan: Japan formally withdraws from the
1922 Washington Naval Treaty. She is now free to commence the buildup of her
navy.
30 December -
Ethiopia: Italian dictator
Benito Mussolini issues orders for the full conquest of
Ethiopia.
* - Thanks to CatherineB for the addition.
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