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Mussolini’s March on Rome
The March on Rome, a mass demonstration in 1922, resulted in the National Fascist Party, led by Benito Mussolini, gaining power in the Kingdom of Italy. Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister, and the Fascist regime, with Mussolini as dictator, was established. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
On 18 July 1925, Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf was published. He wrote it in prison, where he was serving a sentence for a failed coup he attempted in 1923 -
Japan invades Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 was primarily motivated by Japanese expansionism and the desire for resources and territory -
Holodomor begins
The Holodomor, a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933, is attributed to a combination of factors, primarily driven by the policies and actions of the Soviet government under Joseph Stalin -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg on January 30, 1933. This occurred following a period of political instability and the Nazi Party's rise to prominence. While not elected directly, Hitler's appointment was part of a legal, albeit controversial, process within Germany's constitutional framework -
“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
The "Night of the Long Knives," a purge in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934, served to consolidate Hitler's power and eliminate potential threats within the Nazi Party. Its purpose was to quell dissent, appease the German military, and remove rivals who might challenge Hitler's authority -
Nuremburg Laws enacted
The Nazi regime's Nuremberg Race Laws of September 1935 made Jews legally different from their non-Jewish neighbors -
The Great Purge begins
The Great Purge, or the Great Terror, also known as the Year of '37 and the Yezhovshchina, was a political purge in the Soviet Union that took place from 1936 to 1938 -
The Rape of Nanking
the Rape of Nanking was the mass murder of Chinese civilians, noncombatants, and surrendered prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the Battle of Nanking and retreat of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces along with some participation from the Hitler Youth and German civilians throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938