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December 1934
December
01
The murder of Kirov
On 1 December 1934 at the Smolny, Leonid Nikolaev shot Sergei Kirov, the Leningrad party chief. Stalin used the crime to unleash a wave of repression.
05
The Walwal incident
On 5 December 1934 Ethiopian soldiers and Somalis in Italian service clashed at the Walwal wells in the Ogaden. Mussolini made it a pretext for war.
29
Japan renounces the naval treaties
On 29 December 1934 Japan gave the US notice that it was renouncing the Washington Treaty. Fleet limits expired at the end of 1936 and a new arms race began.
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