Dictators Come to Power

  • The Outcome of Mussolini’s March on Rome

    The Outcome of Mussolini’s March on Rome

    Mussolini's National Fascist Party ended up ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy.
  • Stalin becomes dictator of USSR

    Stalin becomes dictator of USSR

    After Lenin died in 1924, Stalin assumed leadership over the country.
  • Hitler writes Mein Kampf

    Hitler writes Mein Kampf

    Hitler wrote Mein Kampf, a book about his ideology as well as his life, his youth, his time as a soldier in WWI, and his 'conversion' to antisemitism.
  • 1st “five year plan” in USSR

    1st “five year plan” in USSR

    The purpose of the 1st “five year plan” in USSR was to develop heavy industry and collectivize agriculture at the cost of a drastic fall in consumer goods.
  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invaded Manchuria seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries. War crimes against the Chinese became commonplace.
  • Holodomor begins

    Holodomor begins

    Holodomor began because Stalin took measures to destroy the Ukrainian peasantry and the Ukrainian elites to prevent them from seeking independence, just because he felt threatened by Ukraine's cultural autonomy which was growing stronger.
  • Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

    Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany

    The Nazi Party assumed control when Hitler, the party leader, was appointed as Chancellor.
  • “Night of the Long Knives” in Germany

    “Night of the Long Knives” in Germany

    A representation of Hitler's triumph and the German government's turning point. It established Hitler as "the supreme leader for the German people."
  • Nuremburg Laws enacted

    Nuremburg Laws enacted

    The Nuremberg Laws, antisemitic and racist laws, were enacted in Nazi Germany forbidding marriages and extramarital intercourse between Jews and Germans that soon extended to include Romanis and Black people.
  • Italian invasion of Ethiopia

    Italian invasion of Ethiopia

    Italy invaded Ethiopia which launched a war led by Mussolini that would drive the Ethiopian Emperor into exile.
  • The Great Purge begins

    The Great Purge begins

    The Great Purge was a political campaign led by Joseph Stalin to eliminate members with opposing opinions of the Communist Party, as well as any others he viewed as a threat.
  • Spanish civil war

    Spanish civil war

    A military revolt against the Republican government of Spain.
  • Anti-Comintern Pact

    Anti-Comintern Pact

    An agreement made by Germany, Italy, and Japan saying that they would work together in order to stop the spread of Communism around the globe.
  • The Rape of Nanking

    The Rape of Nanking

    The capital of China, Nanking, fell to Japanese forces during the Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese government fled to Hankow.
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Nazis in Germany would torch synagogues, vandalize Jewish homes, businesses, schools, and murdered almost 100 Jews. Around 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps.