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FIRST STAGE
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World War I ends
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Treaty of Versalles: 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 (USSR)
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SECOND STAGE
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Lenin dies and Stalin assumes leadership of the USSR
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Germany joins the League of Nations
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Stalin's First Five-Year Plan in the USSR: industrialization and collectivization of agriculture
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Wall Street Crash of 1929: thw Great Depression begins
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Japan invades Manchuria
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THIRD STAGE
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Roosevelt rolls out the New Deal in respone to the U.S economic crisis
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Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany
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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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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 ll begins
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Italy withdraws from the League of Nations