Timeline
- 1917: The czar (emperor) is overthrown in Russia and a Communist government comes to power. The Russian empire is eventually renamed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), known as the Soviet Union.
- 1919: Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I. Extreme nationalist groups in Germany blame socialists, communists, and Jews for Germany's defeat.
- 1919: Communist revolutions in various parts of Germany are put down with great bloodshed.
- 1919: Adolf Hitler joins the tiny German Workers' Party in Munich. The party soon changes its name to the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), called the Nazi Party for short.
- 1922: Benito Mussolini and his Fascist Party march on Rome, Mussolini is named premier of Italy.
- 1923: Hyperinflation hits Germany; its currency becomes worthless, causing severe economic...
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