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Discontent at home, plus losses of territory and massive casualties in two wars. He abdicated the throne to Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich. -
Peace agreement to end WW1 that made Germany pay for the damages that they caused -
Stalin took power of the Soviet Union -
The Russian Civil war ends -
Mussolini was appointed prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel III. -
Lenin died to a hemorrhagic stroke at the age of 53. -
The Empire of Japan's Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria on 18 September 1931, immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Hitler became the ruler of Germany -
Dachau was the first operating Nazi concentration camp which was used to work and kill many Jews. -
The ruler of Italy Benito Mussolini wanted Ethiopia to provide a place for unemployed Italians to work. -
In May 1935 France signed a treaty of friendship and mutual support with the USSR.Hitler used this as an excuse to send German troops into the Rhineland. -
In late 1937, over a period of six weeks, Imperial Japanese Army forces brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people. -
It was an annexation of the Federal State of Austria into German Reich. -
Czechoslovakia had to surrender its border regions and defenses to the Nazi. -
Hitler and Stalin made a peace treaty that they wouldn´t attack each other individually or with allies. -
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. Once Hitler had a base of operations within the target country, he immediately began setting up “security” forces to annihilate all enemies of his Nazi ideology, whether racial, religious or political.
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Trotsky was assassinated in Mexico City by Ramón Mercader who was ordered by Stalin to kill Trotsky -
Japan fought to prevent China from importing arms and fuel through Indo China -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor to prevent American troops to provide help to East Asia and provide themselves with more time. -
Japan attacks the Philippines for military expansions.