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World War I ended.
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This treaty brought World War I to an end. Germany was to take full responsibility for war reparations and blame for the start of the war.
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The League of Nations is formed after WWI.
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The US Stock Market Crash actually began in 1924, but the Great Depression started in 1929.
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany and rises to power after his incarceration. The Nazi Party begins from here.
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Germany occupies the Rhineland, which was technically against the Treaty of Versailles, but the Allies appeased Hitler.
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Germany signs the Munich Pact with Great Britain, France, and Italy. They gain the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia.
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The Nazis in Germany destroyed synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses. They killed close to 100 Jews. (November 9-10, 1938)
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Hitler and Stalin, despite hating each other, signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact out of mutual benefit.
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The Nazis and the Soviet Union invades Poland. Also known as the 1939 Defensive War. (Sep 1, 1939 – Oct 6, 1939)
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Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declares war on Germany.
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Hitler enacts the "final solution to the Jewish question".
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Japan invades Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii and kills about 2,000 people. U.S. enters WWII.
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Germany and its allies fight the Soviet Union for the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. (August 23, 1942 - February 2, 1943)
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FDR dies of a massive stroke. Harry Truman becomes president of the United States.
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The U.S. destroys Hiroshima and Nagasaki using atomic bombs from the Manhattan Project. (August 6-9, 1945)