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The treaty of versailles is signed and revolutions break throughout europe.
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The Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War
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Mussolini and his fascists take power in Italy.
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Hitler attempts to seize power in Germany in the unsuccessful Munich Putsch.
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The Nazis win only 3 per cent of votes in German elections.
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The first Australian screening of a ‘talkie’ takes place.
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The Great Depression begins.
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Under the Melbourne Agreement, Australian government agrees to cut spending
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Unemployment reaches its peak in the worst year of the Depression
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Hitler and the Nazis gain power in Germany. Germany and japan leave the league of nations
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Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
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The Spanish Civil War begins. Stalin begins purges of his opponents in the Communist Party and the military in the USSR.
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Japan invades China.
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Germany invades Poland and World War II begins.