Interwar period

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    FIRST STAGE

  • World War I ends.

  • Treaty of Versailles: war reparations imposed on Germany.

    Treaty of Versailles: war reparations imposed on Germany.
  • The League of Nations comes into force.

    The League of Nations comes into force.
  • March on Rome: Mussolini rises to power in Italy.

    March on Rome: Mussolini rises to power in Italy.
  • The Soviet Union is established(USSR).

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    SECOND STAGE

  • Lenin dies and Stalin assumes leadership ofthe USSR

    Lenin dies and Stalin assumes leadership ofthe USSR
  • Germany joins the League of Nations.

    Germany joins the League of Nations.
  • Stalin's First Five-Year Plan in the USSR industrialization and collectivization of agriculture.

    Stalin's First Five-Year Plan in the USSR industrialization and collectivization of agriculture.
  • Wall Street Crash of 1929: the Great Depression begins.

    Wall Street Crash of 1929: the Great Depression begins.
  • Japan invades Manchuria.

    Japan invades Manchuria.
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    THIRD STAGE

  • Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.

    Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany.
  • Roosevelt rolls out the New Deal in response to the U.S. economic crisis.

  • Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.

  • Nuremberg Race Laws in Germany.

    Nuremberg Race Laws in Germany.
  • The Spanish Civil War begins.

    The Spanish Civil War begins.
  • Italy withdraws from the League of Nations.

  • Anschluss: Germany annexes Austria.

    Anschluss: Germany annexes Austria.
  • The Spanish Civil War ends: Franco's dictatorship begins.

  • Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.

    Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.
  • Germany invades Poland: World War II begins.

    Germany invades Poland: World War II begins.