1936

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March 7 - In violation of the Treaty of Versailles and Locarno Treaties, Nazi Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
April - Beginning of the Great Palestinian Revolt.
April 28 - Farouk of Egypt is crowned King of Egypt and the Sudan following the death of his father, Fuad I.
May 9 - Benito Mussolini annexes Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea as part of the Italian Colonial Empire.
June 26 - The Ordnungspolizei is established as the uniformed police force of Nazi Germany.
July 17 - Beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
August 4 - A self-coup is staged by Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas, marking the beginning of the authoritarian 4th of August Regime.
August 25 - Beginning of the Great Purge.
November 25 - The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed between Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito, serving as a precursor to the Axis Powers.
December 26 - Chiang Kai-shek announces the formation of an alliance between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China to counter the growing threat of Imperial Japan, bringing a temporary end to the Chinese Civil War.