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End of World War II
The European nationalism spawned by the war and the breakup of empires, and the repercussions of Germany's defeat and the Treaty of Versailles led to the beginning of World War II in 1939. -
Hitler Joins the Nazi Party
A veteran of World War I, Hitler joined the precursor of the Nazi Partyin 1919, and became leader of NSDAP in 1921. -
Fascist Party established uner Mussolini in Italy
was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism. -
Establishment of the USSR
short known as the Soviet Union or Soviet Russia, was a constitutionally socialist state that existed on the territory of most of the former Russian Empire in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991. A more informal and simplified version usually used among its residents was the Union. -
Mussolini takes over Italy
Mussolini became the 40th Prime Minister of Italy in 1922 and began using the title Il Duce by 1925. After 1936, his official title was "His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Head of Government, Duce of Fascism, and Founder of the Empire". -
Death of Vladimir Lenin
was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years (1917–1924) -
US and 61 other countries sigh Kellog-Briand Pact
The Kellogg–Briand Pact (also called the Pact of Paris, formal name: General Treaty for the Renunciation of War) was signed on August 27, 1928 by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, and a number of other countries. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
In 1931, the Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria in an event commonly known as the Manchurian Incident. Essentially, this was an attempt by the Japanese Empire to gain control over the whole province, in order to eventually encompass all of East Asia. -
Roosevelt takes office
the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he forged a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich
Hitler from a window of the Chancellory receiving an ovation at his inauguration as Chancellor, 30 January 1933 -
US begins passing neutrality Acts
The Neutrality Acts were laws that were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. They were spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War I -
Hitler begins military buildup
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Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco
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German troops invade Rhineland
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany -
Italian troops conquer Ethiopia
Italy conquers Ethiopia through overwhelming military force, revealing the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations and encouraging Mussolini’s exaggerated estimate of his nation’s military power. -
Japan invades China
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Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum
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Hitler takes Austria
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Munich Agreement
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Franco is Successful in Spain
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Totalitarian government established in USSR
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Russian army into Finland(Finns surrender in three months)
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Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler
German occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945) began with the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement. -
Non-aggression pact
Germany and Russia
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German invasion of Poland; Blitzkrieg
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British and French defeat at Dunkirk
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Italy enters the war on the side of Germany and invades France
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German invasion of Denmark and Norway
The German invasion of Norway was a dramatically daring military operation. The decision to embark on the venture was made by Adolf Hitler as Chief of State and also (since December 1938) as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the German Reich. -
Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany
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France Surrenders to Germany
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Plans for an invasion of Great Britian
Beginning of the Battle of Britian
