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The Treaty of Versailles is signed and revolutionary outbreaks take place across Europe
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The Bolheviks win the Russian Civil War
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Mussolini and his fascists take power in Italy. The former Tsarist Russia Empire becomes the Union of
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Hitler attempts to seize powerin Germany in the unsuccessful Munich Putsch
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The Nazis win only 3 percent of votes in German elections
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Almost one in five people own a car in the US The first Australian screening of a 'talkie' takes place
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The Great Deppression begins
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Under the Melbourne Agreement, Australian govenments agree to cut spending
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Uemployment reaches its peak i the worst year of the Depression
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Hitler and the Nazis gain powe in Germany Germany and Japan leave the League of Nations
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Italy invdades Abyssina (Ethiopia)
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The Spanish Civil War begins. Stalin begins purges of his oppontents in he Communist Party and the military in USSR
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Japan invades China
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Germany invades Poland and World War II begins