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Period: to
Causes and Effects
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Russia Blosheviks rebel in October Revolution
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Weimar Republic is established in Germany
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Mussolini comes to power in Italy
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Kellog-Briand peace pact is signed by almost every country in the world
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U.S. stock market crashes; Great Depression begins
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Hirohito's Japan seizes Manchuria
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Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
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Ethiopioa is invaded by Italian forces
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Spanish Civil War begins
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Germany and Soviet Union sign nonaggresion pact
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Germany invades Poland; World War II begins
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France surrenders; the Battle of Britain begins
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Britain evacuates forces from Dunkirk
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Stalin becomes dicator of Soviet Union
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Germany invades Soviet Union
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
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Bataan Death March begins
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Allies turn back Japaneese fleet in Battle of the Coral Sea
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Allies defeat Japan in Battle of Midway
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Hitler orders attack on Stalingrad
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Allies land in north Africa
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Germans surrender at Stalingrad
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Japanese suffer defeat at Battle of Guadalcanal
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Allies invade Europe on D-Day
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Allies defeat Japan in Battle of Leyte Gulf
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Battle of the Bulge begins
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Allies capture Iwo Jima
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Germany surrenders
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Okinawa falls to Allies
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Allies drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Japan surrenders