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World Was 1 ends
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Treaty of Versailles
War reparations imposed on Germany. -
League of Nations
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March on Rome;
Mussolini seizes power in Italy. -
The Soviet Union (USSR)
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Lenin dies
Stalin consolidates power in the USSR. -
Germany joins the League of Nations.
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Stalin's First Five-Year Plan in the USSR
Industrialization and collectivization of agricultrure -
Wall street crash of 1929
The Great Depression begins. -
Japan invades Manchuria
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Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.
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Roosevelt rolls out the New Deal
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Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
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Nuremberg Race Laws in Germany
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The Spanish Civil war begins.
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Italy withdraws from the League of Nations.
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Anschluss: Germany annexes Austria.
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Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
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Spanish Civil War ends; Franco’s dictatorship begins.
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Germany invades Poland; World War II begins.