A History of World Societies:
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A History of World Societies Value
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| 1921 | New Economic Policy in Soviet Union |
| 1922 | Mussolini seizes power in Italy |
| 1924– |
Buildup of Nazi Party in Germany |
| 1925 | Hitler, Mein Kampf |
| 1927 | Stalin comes to power in Soviet Union |
| 1928 | Stalin’s first five- |
| 1929 | Start of collectivization in Soviet Union; Lateran Agreement |
| 1929– |
Great Depression |
| 1931 | Japan invades Manchuria |
| 1932– |
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– |
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– |
The Holocaust |
| 1944 | Allied invasion at Normandy |
| 1945 | Atomic bombs dropped on Japan; World War II ends |