1921 |
New Economic Policy in Soviet Union |
1922 |
Mussolini seizes power in Italy |
1924–1929 |
Buildup of Nazi Party in Germany |
1925 |
Hitler, Mein Kampf |
1927 |
Stalin comes to power in Soviet Union |
1928 |
Stalin’s first five-year plan |
1929 |
Start of collectivization in Soviet Union; Lateran Agreement |
1929–1939 |
Great Depression |
1931 |
Japan invades Manchuria |
1932–1933 |
Famine in Ukraine |
1933 |
Hitler appointed chancellor in Germany; Nazis begin control of state and society |
1935 |
Mussolini invades Ethiopia; creation of U.S. Works Progress Administration as part of New Deal |
1936 |
Start of great purges under Stalin; Spanish Civil War begins |
1936–1937 |
Popular Front government in France |
1939 |
Germany occupies Czech lands and invades Poland; Britain and France declare war on Germany, starting World War II |
1940 |
Japan signs formal alliance with Germany and Italy; Germany defeats France; Battle of Britain |
1941 |
Germany invades Soviet Union; Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; United States enters war |
1941–1945 |
The Holocaust |
1944 |
Allied invasion at Normandy |
1945 |
Atomic bombs dropped on Japan; World War II ends |