timeline of aggression By icedcoffee Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles germany was blamed for ww1, forced to pay reparations 1922 Mussolini rises to power staged rise to power 1924 Vladimir Lenin dies, Stalin rises to power Period: 1930 to 1939 Great Depression Entire world economy falls 1933 rise of Adolf Hitler Hitler's rise to power after the Reichstag fire Period: Dec 13, 1937 to 1938 Nanking Massacre