Dictators Come to Power Timeline

  • Mussolini’s March on Rome ending

    Mussolini’s March on Rome ending

    Fascist group took over italy
  • Stalin becomes dictator of USSR

    Stalin becomes dictator of USSR

    Stalling assumed leadership following Lenin's death in 1924
  • Hitler writes Mein Kampf

    Hitler writes Mein Kampf

    Hitler writes Mien Kamph from his prison cell about how he is going to take over germany
  • 1st “five year plan” in USSR

    1st “five year plan” in USSR

    purpose was to catch Russia up on manufacturing
  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria

    seeking raw materials to grow its empire
  • Holodomor begins

    Holodomor begins

    Restriction of food to Ukraine caused many to die due to a rebellion
  • Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany

    Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany

    Hitler was formally appointed as germanys new chancellor
  • “Night of the Long Knives” in Germany

    “Night of the Long Knives” in Germany

    nazis targeted and purged opposing officials
  • Nuremburg Laws enacted

    Nuremburg Laws enacted

    racist laws passed by the government about Jews.
  • The Great Purge begins

    The Great Purge begins

    Great purge of millions of Russian people who opposed stallin
  • Spanish civil war

    Spanish civil war

    civil war Spain fought between socialists and nationalists
  • Anti-Comintern Pact

    Anti-Comintern Pact

    A pact between Italy Germany and japan to end the spread of communism
  • Italian invasion of Ethiopia

    Italian invasion of Ethiopia

    Italian invasion to become a colonial power
  • the rape of nanking

    the rape of nanking

    mass murder and sexual assault of hundreds of thousands of Chinese people and war prisoners
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Also known as the Night of Broken Glass, vandalism of Jewish shops and murder of 100 Jews.