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End of the First World War
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INTERWAR PERIOD
FIRST STAGE 1919-1924 -
Treaty of Versailles: war reparations imposed on Germany
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The League of Nations comes into force.
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March on Rome: Mussolini rises to power in Italy.
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The Soviet Union is established.
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Lenin dies and Stalin assumes leadership of the USSR.
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SECOND STAGE
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Germany joins the League of Nations.
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Stanlin's First Five-Year Plan in the USSR: industralization and collectivization of agriculture.
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Wall Street Crash of 1929: The Great Depression begins.
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Japan invades Manchuria.
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THIRD STAGE
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Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.
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Roosevelt rolls out the New Deal in response to the U.S economic crisis.
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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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The Spanish Civil War ends: Franco's dictatorship begins.
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Germany invades Poland: World War II begins.
