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Russian Bolsheviks rebel in October Revolution
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Period: to
WWII
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Weimar Republic is established in Germany
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Mussolinin 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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US Stock Market crashses; Great Depression; Stalin becomes dictator of Soviet Union
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Hirhito's Japan seizes Manchuria
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Hitler is named chancellor of Germany
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Ethiopia is Invaded by Italian forces
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Spanish Civil war begins
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Germany and Soviet Union sign nonagression pact
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Germany Invades Poland WWII begins
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Britain evacuates forces from Dunkirk
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France surrenders; Battle of Britain begins
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Germany invades Soviet Union
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; US declares war on Japan
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Bataan Death March begins
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Allies trn back Japanese fleet in Battle of the Coral Sea; Allies surrender in Phillipines
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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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Japanese suffer defeat at Battle of Guadal Canal
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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 bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Japan surrenders
