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The Night of the Long Knives and the Long March
In 1934 ministers started to realise the dangers of Hitler's regime even though many members of the Cabinet felt that Japan was a greater threat than Germany. The Nazis began a sterilisation plan for "imperfect" Germans. More than 50,000 Germans were sterilised in 1934. The World Disarmament Conference broke down.
In China Mao Tse-teung had begun his long march to Shensi Province and the beginnings of the Chinese Communist dynasty.
Oswald Mosley |
SIR OSWALD MOSLEY (1896-1980)- Born in Staffordshire to a landed family
- Fought in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War but his plane crashed and he was injured
- Became Conservative MP for Harrow in 1918 aged 22
- Disillusioned, he became an Independent candidate in 1922
- In 1926 he was elected Labour MP for Smethwick
- Founded the New Party in 1931 which became the British Union of Fascists in 1932
- Became friendly with Goebbels, so much so that he married his second wife, Diana Mitford, at Goebbels' home in Berlin
- Returned to politics after the Second World War
- Pro-Europe but opposed to Communism and Judaism
- Did not want black people to be allowed to settle in Britain
In 1934, the Government announced that more than 280,000 council houses should be built.
Famous Births And Deaths In 1934
Births - Nana Mouskouri
- Brigette Bardot
- Sophia Loren
- Jonathan Miller
- Alan Bennett
Deaths - Sir Edward Elgar
- Sir Gerald du Maurier
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Gustav Holst
- Frederick Delius
- Marie Curie
 
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| 1929 | MacDonald becomes Prime Minister for the second time
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| 1930 | The Simon Report on India
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| 1931 | A National Government is formed
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| 1932 | Mosley begins the British Union of Fascists
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| 1933 | Hitler German Chancellor
Roosevelt US President
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| 1935 | Baldwin Prime Minister
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| 1936 | George V dies
Edward VIII becomes King
Edward VIII abdicates
George VI becomes King
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| 1937 | Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister
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| 1938 | The Munich Agreement is signed
Germany annexes Austria
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| 1939 | World War II begins
Conscription introduced
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| 1940 | Churchill becomes Prime Minister
Rationing is introduced
Dunkirk evacuation
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