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the first genocide of the 20th century, begins in German South-West Africa. In Russia the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks form from the breakup of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party.
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Entente cordiale signed between Britain and France. Russo-Japanese War begins
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triggering the Bosnian Crisis
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Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia against the Ottoman Empire
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Gavrilo Princip assassinates the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, triggering World War I.
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this was passed in August 1914. DORA allowed the government to take over the coal mines, railways and shipping. Lloyd George became Minister of Munitions and set up state-run munitions factories. The government worked with the trade unions to prevent strikes.
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57 zeppelin bombing raids after 1915, and the German navy shelled Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough.
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there was a huge poster campaign to get people to join up, and the government had to introduce conscription in 1916. Conscientious objectors could be imprisoned. Women were recruited into the armed forces as nurses, drivers, cooks and telephonists.
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David Lloyd George becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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It took place during the WW1 on either side of the river Somme in France
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Russian Revolution ends the Russian Empire; beginning of Russian Civil War.
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a fixed allowance for sugar, meat, butter, jam and tea was introduced in 1918. British Summer Time was also introduced to give more daylight working hours.
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End of World War I and so German Revolution begins.
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It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I were dealt with in separate treaties.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of the Nazi Party as hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic begins.
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. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the world's first officially Communist state, is formed.
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The Beer Hall Putsch, an attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic, ends in failure and brief imprisonment for Adolf Hitler but brings the Nazi Party to national attention.
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Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic ends with the introduction of the Rentenmark.
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65 nations agreed not to use force to settle arguments
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Statute of Westminster creates the British Commonwealth of Nations.
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The Nazi party becomes the largest single party in the German parliament.
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Japan and Germany announce they are going to leave the League of Nations.
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Adolf Hitler instigates the Night of the Long Knives, which cements his power over both the Nazi Party and Germany.
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Japanese invasion of China, and the beginning of World War II in the Far East
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Munich agreement hands Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany.
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Anschluss unifies Germany and Austria
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End of Spanish Civil War; Francisco Franco becomes dictator of Spain.
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Nazi invasion of Poland triggers the beginning of World War II in Europe. Soviet invasion of Poland begins 16 days later.