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The March on Rome was the beginning of fascist rule and meant the end of parliamentary regimes of socialists and liberals. -
Stalin was hailed as Lenin's successor after he died in January 1924. -
Mein Kampf is an autobiography by Hitler about his leadership and the future of Germany. -
The first five year plan was created to start rapid, large-scale industrialization across the USSR. -
Japan invaded the Chinese province Manchuria and they gained control over large sections of China over the next few years. -
Holodomor refers to the starvation of millions of Ukranians because of the Soviets. -
Ex Chancellor Franz von Papen and other leaders convinced President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler. -
The Night of Long Knives was the purge of political opponents and was carried out by the SS and the Gestapo. Over 150 people were murdered and more arrested. -
Italy invaded Ethiopia and started a war that would drive Ethiopian Emperor into exile, and pave the way to Italian occupation. -
The Nuremberg Race Laws were laws the Nazis put in place so their ideas about race could be placed into law. -
The Great Purge gathered political prisoners and they were forced to do hard labor under terrible conditions. -
The Spanish Civil War started because of political issues, a long with social and economic disparity. -
The Rape of Nanking was the mass murder of Chinese people in Nanjing after the Battle of Nanking by the Inperial Japanese Army. -
The Nazis declared war against German and Austrian Jews, and they vandalized Jewish shops and arrested many Jews. -
Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union invaded Poland and began WWII. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was driven by political self-interests and lack of economic resources on Japan's part.