Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and Mao

Birth of Joseph Stalin

Dec 18, 1878

Joseph Stalin was born in Gori

Birth of Benito Mussolini

Jul 29, 1883

Benito Mussolini was born in Predappio

Birth of Hitler

Apr 20, 1889

he was born in the small Austrian village of Braunau Am Inn just across the border from German Bavaria at 6:30 pm

Birth of Mao Zedong

Dec 26, 1893

Born the son of a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan, Hunan,

German Workers Party

May 10, 1919

Hitler joined the German Workers' Party (precursor of the NSDAP) then later became leader in 1921

Soviet Union

May 10, 1920

Joseph Stalin was the de facto leader of the Soviet Union in the mid-1920s

General Secritary

May 10, 1922

Stalin was appointed General Secretary of the party's Central Committee.

Beer Hall Putsch

May 10, 1924

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

attacking the Treaty of Versailles

May 10, 1924

Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism, antisemitism, and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda

hitler becomes chancellor

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler becomes chancellor of a coalition government, where the Nazis have a third of the seats in the Reichstag

Germany invaded Poland

Sep 1, 1939

This then started World War II

Mussolini sided with Germany

Jun 10, 1940

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

Grand Council of Fascism

Jul 24, 1943

Mussolini was defeated in the vote at the Grand Council of Fascism

Gran Sasso raid

Sep 12, 1943

Mussolini was rescued from prison in the daring Gran Sasso raid by German special forces

Mussolini Dies

Apr 28, 1945

Mussolini Died in the Kingdom of Italy. He was assasinated and Executed by firing squad

Mussolini attempted to escape north

Apr 28, 1945

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.

Hitler Dies

Apr 30, 1945

Hitler died from Suicide. (a bullet he fired into his own brain)

Second Sino-Japanese War

May 10, 1945

Mao agreed to a united front with the KMT, resulting in a CPC-KMT victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War

Joseph Stalin died

Mar 5, 1953

Died in Moscow due to stroke

Mao Zedong Dies

Sep 9, 1976

Mao Zedong died from the Motor neuron disease