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  • Mussolini comes to power in Italy-

    The March on Rome was a coup d'état by which Mussolini's National Fascist Party came to power in Italy and ousted Prime Minister Luigi Facta. The "march" took place in 1922 between 27–29 October.

  • Stalin comes to power in USSR-

    Stalin came to power in 1929 after out-manoeuvring his opposition in the Communist Party through political scheming and taking advantage of the mistakes they made. He stayed in power by getting rid of his opponents in brutal and unfair ways. It took Stalin 5 years to become completely established as Lenin's successor.

  • The Maginot Line Constructed

    named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapons installations that France constructed along its borders with Germany during the 1930s.

  • Hitler elected Chancellor of Germany-

    President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany

  • Spanish Civil War-

    The Spanish Civil War was fought from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the established Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco.

  • Japan Invades China-

    Japna invaded China

  • Soviet Treaty of Nonaggression, Hitler-Stalin Pact, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact,

    • Molotov- Ribbentrop Pact- German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, also called Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, German- , nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union that was concluded only a few days before the beginning of World War II and which divided eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.

  • • Hitler Invades Poland-

    Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.

  • Tripartite Pact- The Tripartite Pact,

    •also the Three-Power Pact, Axis Pact, Three-way Pact or Tripartite Treaty was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany on , which established the Axis Powers of World War II. The pact was signed by representatives of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan.

  • Pearl Harbor Attacked-

    the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships* had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed.