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Outbreak of World War 1
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Russian Revolution
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World War 1 ends
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Peace Treaty – Conference of Paris – five treaties signed including the Treaty of Versailles
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League of Nations established
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Mussolini comes to power as the leader of the Fascist party
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The Corfu Incident
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Germany allowed to join the League of Nations
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The Great Depression begins
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Japanese aggression in Manchuria
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Japan withdraws from the League of Nations
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Hitler is voted Chancellor and immediately becomes Dictator (through the Enabling Act)
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The Burning of the Books in Germany
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Hindenburg dies; Hitler names himself ‘der Fuhrer’
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Night of the Long Knives in Germany
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Hitler withdrew Germany from the League of Nations
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The Ethiopian Incident
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There is very little unemployment in Germany thanks to Hitler
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Nuremburg Laws passed: Jews lose citizenship
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The Rhineland is taken back by Hitler for Germany
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Mussolini withdrew Italy from the League of Nations
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Kellog-Briand Pact asked all nations to ‘outlaw war’
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Austria becomes part of Germany in the Anschluss
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August - German-Soviet Pact signed
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May: Pact of Steel signed by Mussolini and Hitler
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September: Germany marches into Poland; War declared
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor bringing the Americans into the war
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Hitler commits suicide
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Unification of Germany and Italy