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treaty of Versailles the treaty ends world war 1
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League of Nations meets for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland.
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United States convenes the Washington Conference, attended by Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, China, Japan, and Portugal.
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The Locarno Pacts are signed in efforts to stabilize relations with Germany and its neighbors.
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A provisional government is established to take Spain from monarchy to republicanism.
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Gombos becomes prime minister, an office he uses like a dictatorship, setting the tone for Hungarian government during the remaining inter-war years.
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In an attempt to reel in the chaos of the German government, President Paul von Hindenburg declares Hitler chancellor.
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Stalin's Central Purge Commission, created in 1933, publicly investigates and tries many party members for treason as Stalin seeks to rid the party of oppositon
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Generals Goded, Mola, and Francisco Franco lead troops in rebellion against the republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.
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small northern town of Guernica is bombed, and civilians are gunned down as they flee the scene. In this brutal massacre 1500 die and 800 are wounded, but the military targets in the town remain intact.
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Madrid falls to Francisco Franco's forces, effectively ending the Spanish Civil War. Franco's oppressive dictatorship begins.
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Britain and France appease Hitler by signing the Munich Pact, which grants Hitler control of the Czech Sudetenland.
