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1918 | 29 September - Bulgaria signs armistice |
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1918 | 30 October - Turkey signs an armistice with the Allies |
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1918 | 3 November - Austria signs an armistice |
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1918 | 11 November - Germany signs armistice, it goes into effect at 11 AM |
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1919 | Versailles Treaty, incorporating Woodrow Wilson's draft Covenant of League of Nations, signed by Allies and Germany; rejected by U.S. Senate GO ! |
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1919 | 28 June - Treaty of Versailles signed GO ! |
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1921 | Major treaties signed at Washington Disarmament Conference limit naval tonnage and pledge to respect territorial integrity of China |
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1923 | Occupation of Ruhr by French and Belgian troops to enforce reparations payments |
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1925 | Locarno conferences seek to secure European peace by mutual guarantees |
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1928 | Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed in Paris by 65 nations GO ! |
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1929 | Depression begins |
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1930 | Britain, U.S., Japan, France, and Italy sign naval disarmament treaty |
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1938 | Munich Pact—Britain, France, and Italy agree to let Germany partition Czechoslovakia |
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1939 | Germany invades Poland; occupies Bohemia and Moravia; renounces pact with England and concludes 10-year non-aggression pact with U.S.S.R |
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1939 | World War II begins |
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1939 | 3 September - Britain, France, and Australia declare war on Germany |
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1939 | 19 October - Turkey signs a Treaty of Mutual Assistance with Britain and France |
