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interwar period
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first meeting of the league of nations
The Assembly of the League of Nations meets for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. The US is notably absent, the Senate having voted against joining the League in November 1919. -
hitler becomes chancellor of germany
in an attempt to stop he chaos of german government, the president appointed hitler chancellor. first step towards his dictatorship. -
spanish nationalists bomb guernica
The small northern town of Guernica is bombed, and civilians are gunned down as they flee the scene. In this brutal massacre 1500 die and 800 are wounded, but the military targets in the town remain intact.