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WWII
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Mussolini comes to power in Italy
Mussolini becomes Italy's Prime Minister, and later becomes head of all goverment and duce of fascism. -
Stalin comes to power in USSR
He became a Soviet dictator upon Vladimir Lenin's death. -
The Maginot Line Constructed
The french started construction of wall of soldiers to prevent invasion. -
Hitler elected Chancellor of Germany
Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany and served until 1945. -
Spanish Civil War
It was a military revolt against the Republican government of Spain. -
Japan invades China
The Japanese invaded China proper, launching the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese Kwantung Army turned a small incident into a full-scale war. Chinese forces were unable to effectively resist the Japanese because their military was not only better armed and organized, they were also incredibly brutal. -
Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact
Germany and Russia would split Poland and not invade each others land. -
HItler ivnades Poland
Hitler signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and then invaded the side of Poland he said he would. -
Tripartite Pact
Pact that established the Axis Powers of World War II. The pact included Germany, (Adolf Hitler), Fascist Italy (foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano), and Imperial Japan (Japanese ambassador to Germany Saburō Kurusu). -
Pearl Harbor Attacked
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor sending America into war,
