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The Treaty of Versailles is signed and revolutionary outbreaks take place across Europe. Signed on June 28th 1919 as an end to the First World War.
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The Russian Civil War was a civil war fought from November 1917 until October 1922 between several groups in Russia. The main fighting was between the Red Army and the White Army.
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Mussolini and his fascists take power in Italy. The former Tsarist Russian Empire becomes the Unionog Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR)
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Hitler attempts to sieze power in Germany in the unsuccessful Munich Putsch. About two thousand men marched to the centre of Munich, where they confronted the police, which resulted in the death of 16 Nazis and four policemen. Hitler himself was wounded.
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The Nazis win only 3 percent of votes in German elections.
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The beginning of the Great Depression. The Great Depression had devastating effects in countries both rich and poor. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade plunged by more than 50%.
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Hitler and the nazis gain power in Germany.
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The Abyssinia Crisis was a crisis during the interwar period originating from the Walwal incident. This incident resulted from the ongoing conflict between the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia (then commonly known as "Abyssinia" in Europe).
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The Spanish Civil War began
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The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945) was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945.
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Germany invaded Poland and this was the beginning of World War II.
