The Reichstag passes the Nuremberg Laws, institutionalizing discrimination against Jews and providing the legal framework for the systematic persecution of Jews in Germany. October 3 Italy invades Ethiopia, beginning the Second Italo–Abyssinian War. League denounces Italy and calls for an oil embargo that fails. November 14 Final British General election until 1945. Stanley Baldwin replaces Ramsay MacDonald as Prime Minister. 1936 January George V, King of the United Kingdom, is euthanized by his doctors. David, Prince of Wales becomes King Edward VIII. February 6 Germany hosts the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria. March 7 In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland. After the Rhineland move Hitler met separately with French journalist Bertrand de Jouvenal and British analyst Arnold J. Toynbee emphasizing his limited expansionist aim of building a greater German nation, and his desire for British understanding and cooperation. King Edward VIII, over the head of the Baldwin Government, orders the military to stand down in relation to the move. March 25 The Second London Naval Treaty is signed by the United Kingdom, United States, and France. Italy and Japan each declined to sign this treaty. May 5 Italian troops march into the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, marking the end of the Second Italo–Abyssinian War. June 3 Luftwaffe Chief of Staff General Walther Wever loses his life in an air crash, ending any hope for the Luftwaffe to ever have a strategic bombing force similar to the Allies. July 17 The failed Spanish coup of July 1936 by Nationalist forces marks the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. August 1 Germany hosts the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. October The Great Purge commences in the Soviet Union with widespread repression of suspected opponents of the regime. The purge leads to the imprisonment and death of many military officers, weakening the Soviet Armed Forces ahead of World War II. October 18 Göring is made head of the German Four Year Plan, an effort to make Germany self-sufficient and increase armaments. November 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection defeating Alf Landon. November 14 Suiyuan campaign begins as Japanese-backed Mongolian troops attack the Chinese garrison at Hongort. November 15 The aerial German Condor Legion goes into action for the first time in the Spanish Civil War in support of the Nationalist side. November 25 The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Japan and Germany. The signing parties agree to