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The Treaty created after World War I to punish Germany.
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Totalitarianism powers began to rise in their quest to control Europe, and then the world.
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Joseph Stalin is appointed as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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Benito Mussolini becomes 27th Prime Minister of Italy.
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Some of the major countries in Europe signed this pact to refrain from aggressing each other.
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Signed by Germany, France, the United States, and many others soon after; "outlawed" war.
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The biggest stock market crash in history; the start of the Great Depression.
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Manchuria is invaded by the Kwatung Army.
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Hitler begins secretly building up Germany's army and weapons.
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Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
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Hiter increases the size of the army and begins building warships and creating an air force.
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The German Occupation of Rhineland German forces march against Rhineland.
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European History Mussolini and Hitler form a "Pact of Steel
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Hitler's Speech to Reichstag
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Second Sino-Japanese War Japan invades China.
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Germany annexes Austria.
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Settlement permitting Nazi Germany to annex the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia.
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Germany occupies Czechoslovakia and it becomes a part of the Third Reich.
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Represantatives of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met to sign this pact that guaranteed the two countries would not attack each other.
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"Lightning War" — Germany annexes Danzig and bombs Warsaw.
