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Joseph Stalin was born in Gori
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Benito Mussolini was born in Predappio
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he was born in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German Bavaria at 6:30 pm
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Born the son of a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan, Hunan,
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Hitler joined the German Workers' Party (precursor of the NSDAP) then later became leader in 1921
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Joseph Stalin was the de facto leader of the Soviet Union in the mid-1920s
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Stalin was appointed General Secretary of the party's Central Committee.
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Hitler attempted a coup d'état in Munich, known as the Beer Hall Putsch. The failed coup resulted in Hitler's imprisonment, during which time he wrote his memoir, Mein Kampf
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Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism, antisemitism, and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda
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Hitler becomes chancellor of a coalition government, where the Nazis have a third of the seats in the Reichstag
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This then started World War II
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Mussolini sided with Germany, though he was aware that Italy did not have the military capacity to carry out a long war with France and the United Kingdom
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Mussolini was defeated in the vote at the Grand Council of Fascism
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Mussolini was rescued from prison in the daring Gran Sasso raid by German special forces
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Mussolini Died in the Kingdom of Italy. He was assasinated and Executed by firing squad
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with total defeat looming, Mussolini attempted to escape north, only to be quickly captured and summarily executed near Lake Como by Italian partisans. His body was then taken to Milan where it was hung upside down at a petrol station for public viewing and to provide confirmation of his demise.
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Hitler died from Suicide. (a bullet he fired into his own brain)
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Mao agreed to a united front with the KMT, resulting in a CPC-KMT victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Died in Moscow due to stroke
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Mao Zedong died from the Motor neuron disease
