1900-1950 By pancho_dlr 1911 Collapse of Qing Dynasty Period: 1914 to 1919 World War 1 End of Fighting -> 1918 Treaty of Versailles -> 1919 1917 Second Russian Revolution Communism rises to power Period: 1917 to 1920 Red Scare Period: 1918 to 1920 Collapse of Ottoman Empire 1921 Establishment of the communist party in China Period: 1922 to 1943 Mussolini Period: 1929 to 1939 Great Depression 1933 Hitler Rises to Power Period: 1933 to 1945 Holocaust Period: 1936 to 1940 Axis alliance (Italy, Germany, Japan) Period: 1937 to 1945 World War 2 Period: 1937 to 1938 Rape of Nanjing 200,000-300,000 Chinese citizens killed, women often sexually assaulted Period: 1945 to 1950 Beginnings of Cold War Period: 1945 to 1950 India, Indonesia and Israel become independent