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Mussolini organizes Fascist party in Italy
The National Fascist Party was an Italian political party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of fascism.
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Mussolini named Prime Minister of Italy
Mussolini became the youngest Prime Minister in Italian history until the appointment of Matteo Renzi in February 2014. -
Joseph Stalin becomes leader of Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin governed the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. -
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The Manchurian Incident
The Manchurian Incident was a staged event engineered by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the Japanese invasion in 1931 of northeastern China, known as Manchuria. -
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
The Chancellor of Germany is the head of government of Germany.
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Japan withdraws from League of Nations
The League of Nations was an international organization created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
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Hitler becomes Prime Minister of Germany
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U.S. passes 1st Neutrality Act
Franklin D. Roosevelt said that the new law would require American vessels to obtain a license to carry arms, would restrict Americans from sailing on ships from hostile nations and would impose an embargo on the sale of arms to “belligerent” nations. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy, adopts Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German.
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Hitler sends troops into Rhineland
The Rhineland is the name used for a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine River. -
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The Spanish Civil War
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Kristallnacht
Referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, it is a time where a riot against the Jews occurred throughout Nazi Germany. It was led by SA paramilitary troops and German civilians. -
Germany takes the rest of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Hitler and Stalin sign non-aggression pact.
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Germany invades Poland
5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory.
