Key Events 1913-2013

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  • The treaty of versailles is signed and revolutions break throughout europe.

    The treaty of versailles is signed and revolutions break throughout europe.

  • The Bolsheviks win the Russian Civil War

  • Mussolini and his fascists take power in Italy.

  • Hitler attempts to seize power in Germany in the unsuccessful Munich Putsch.

  • The Nazis win only 3 per cent of votes in German elections.

  • The first Australian screening of a ‘talkie’ takes place.

  • The Great Depression begins.

  • Under the Melbourne Agreement, Australian government agrees to cut spending

  • Unemployment reaches its peak in the worst year of the Depression

  • Hitler and the Nazis gain power in Germany. Germany and japan leave the league of nations

  • Italy invades Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

  • The Spanish Civil War begins. Stalin begins purges of his opponents in the Communist Party and the military in the USSR.

  • Japan invades China.

  • Germany invades Poland and World War II begins.