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Mussolinis march on Rome
Mussolini and his fascist party marched on Rome to show their power -
Stalin comes to power over the USSR
Stalin had taken power shortly after Lenin died -
Hitlers writes Mein Kampf
While in prison Hitler writes a book about his beliefs and ideas -
1st five year plan in the USSR
The USSR began to rapidly industrialize -
Invasion of Manchuria China
Japan without informing their government invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria so they could take the areas natural resources -
Holodomor starts in Russia
In 1932 due to the farmers in the region not willing to give up their crops they were all starved to death in a massive famine by the USSR -
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
In January 1933 Hitler was apointed chancellor of Germany by Franz Von Papen -
Night of the long knifes Germany
After a German ambassador was killed by a Jewish man thousands of Jewish business , homes were destroyed people were beaten and even killed -
Nuremburg laws set
In 1935 Hitler put the first of many laws in place in Germany against Jews called the Nuremburg laws , the first of which took their citizenship away -
Italy invades Ethiopia
To help become an imperial country Italy decided to invade Ethiopia because they had lost a war to them 46 years earlier. -
The Great Purge
After Stalin became leader he was feared and known for terror because shortly after becoming leader he would execute political opponent people he disliked or anyone that opposed him. -
Spanish civil war
Civil war in Spain erupted -
Anti comintern pact
With rising threat of communism in the east Germany and Japan signed a pact to defend each other against communist Russia -
Rape of Nanjing
3 years after Stalin became leader o the USSR Japans military would attack Nanjing in China killing thousands of civilians -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht or also called night of the broken glass in Germany is when German leaders unleashed a bunch of pogroms against jews.