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End of WW 1
A cease fire went into effect at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918. It required the German forces to evacuate their positions and return to Germany. -
Fascist Party established under Mussolini in Italy
Benito Mussolini breaks with the Italian Socialists and establishes the nationalist Fascist party. -
Hitler Joins the Nazi Party
Hitler joined Nazi party In the early 1920s, after returning from WWI, -
Mussolini takes over in Italy
Mussolini takes power in Italy. -
Establishment of the USSR
Vladimir Lenin and the Communist Party established the Soviet Union after five violent years of revolution and civil war. -
Death of Vladimir Lenin
As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years (1917–1924) -
Us and 61 other countires sign Kellogg-Briand Pact
62 countries signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact which outlawed wars and prohibited the use of war as a tool in national policy -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Event commonly known as the Manchurian Incident. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, establishing the Third Reich.
Quickly became a regime in which Germans enjoyed no guaranteed basic rights -
Roosevelt takes Office
Roosevelt becomes the nations 32nd president. -
Hitler begins military buildup.
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Italian troops conquer Ethiopia
Italian troops suffer humilitating defeat at the hands of the Ethiopian. -
US begins passing Neutrality Acts
Limit U.S. involvement in possible future wars -
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 -
Civil War begins in Spain under Francisco Franco
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Japan invades China
Japan attacked China near Peiping -
Hitler announces secret plans for lebenstraum
Most German nationalists believed that victory could best be achieved by vast expansion in Eastern Europe. -
Hitler takes Austria
Hitler created an 'Anschluss' with Austria -
Franco successful in Spain
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Russian army into Finland(Finns surrender in three months)
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Totalitarian government established in USSR
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Czechoslovakia Falls to Hitler
German occupation began with the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement. -
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 decision to embark on the venture was made by Adolf Hitler. -
France Surrenders to Germany
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Plans for an invasion of Great Britian;Beginning of the Battle of Britian
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Defeat of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg by Germany.
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German invasion of Poland; Blitzkrieg
