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Spain becomes a Republic
historiographically referred to as the First Spanish Republic, was the political regime that existed in Spain -
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WWI
a war that started in the world over more that one country -
Mussolini starts his own newspaper
was an Italian newspaper published from 15 November 1914 until 24 July 1943. It was founded by Benito Mussolini as a pro-war newspaper during World War I, and it later became the main newspaper of the Fascist movement in Italy after the war. -
February Revolution
the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917, in which the monarchy was overthrown and replaced by the Provisional Government -
October Revolution
In March revolutionaries led by the Petrograd soviet, or council, violently overthrew Czar Nicholas II the monarch whose family had ruled Russia for more than three centuries -
The Treaty of Versailles is signed
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Stalin takes power in the Soviet Union
Serving in the Russian Civil War before overseeing the Soviet Union's establishment in 1922, Stalin assumed leadership over the country following Lenin's death in 1924. Under Stalin, socialism in one country became a central tenet of the party's dogma. -
Mussolini becomes Prime Minister
disapproval of the king's decision, the prime minister and his government resigned. Claiming he was trying to prevent a civil war, Victor Emmanuel appointed Benito Mussolini as prime minister. The king met Mussolini during World War I and was also a reader of Mussolini's newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia -
Hitler is arrested
Hitler is sentenced for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch of November 8, 1923. The attempted coup in Munich by right-wing members of the army and the Nazi Party was foiled by the government, and Hitler was charged with high treason. -
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The Holodomor
also known as the Terror-Famine or the Great Famine, was a famine in Soviet Ukraine -
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Mussolinini invades Ethiopia
Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The Italians committed countless atrocities on the independent African state. Poisonous gas, aerial bombardment, flame throwers, and concentration camps were all employed. -
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The Spanish Civil War
military revolt against the Republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements within the country. -
Stalin’s Great Purge
The Great Purge or the Great Terror, also known as the Year of '37 and the Yezhovshchina, was Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin's campaign to solidify his power over the party and the state -
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franco takes power in Spain
ruled over Spain from 1939 until his death. He rose to power during the bloody Spanish Civil War when, with the help of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, his Nationalist forces overthrew the democratically elected Second Republic. -
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Kristallnacht
Nazi officials disguised the organized nature of the pogroms. They described the actions as justifiable and spontaneous responses of the German population to the assassination of a German diplomatic official,