Chronology

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
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