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End of WWI
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Hitler joins the Nazi party
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Fasciest Party established under Mussolini in Italy
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Establishment of the USSR
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Mussolini takes over Italy
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Death of Vladimir Lenin; control of USSR to Joseph Stalin; deaths of 8-13 million Russians
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US and 61 other countries sign Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
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Japan invades China
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Roosevelt takes office
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich
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US begins passing Neutrality Acts
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Hitler begins military buildup
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Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco
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German trops invade Rhineland
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Italian troops conquer Ethiopia
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Hitler announces secret plans for lebensraum
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Hitler takes Austria
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Munich Agreement; Sudentenland to Germany
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Czechoslovakia falls to Hitler
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Non-agression Pact; Germany and Russia; divide Poland