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The treaty ended WW1 and required Germany to take responsibility for the damage and death caused by the war. The treaty also forced Germany to give up territories, decrease the size of its military, and pay for billions of dollars in damages.
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Adolph Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party the same year it was founded.
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Joseph Stalin becomes dictator of the Soviet Union.
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Japan invaded Manchuria immediately after the Mukden Incident. The Japanese occupation lasted until the end of WW2.
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Adolph Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany and the Nazi government soon assumes dictatorial powers.
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Nazis begin placing Jewish men, women, and children into concentration camps.
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Congress passed three neutrality laws in an attempt to not repeat the events that drew the U.S. into WW1.
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Mussolini adopts Hitler's plan to expand German territories and invades Ethiopia.
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Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by sending German military forces into the Rhineland.
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Japanese troops commit mass murder and mass rape against the citizens of Nanjing, China.
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Hitler announces that Germany will annex Austria and make it a part of the larger nation.
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The British and French prime ministers sign the Munich Pact with Hitler. The agreement prevented the outbreak of war and gave Czechoslovakia to German conquest.
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Germany and Italy sign a treaty making them allies.
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Treaty of non-aggression between Germany and Russia.
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Germany begins to expand its territory by invading Poland.
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Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
