World War II in Europe (1939-1945) Dictators and Rulers By kt123 Jan 4, 1922 Benito Mussolini Fascist Italy Jan 4, 1924 Joseph Stalin Totalitarian state Jan 4, 1930 Hitler Youth Begins Jan 1, 1933 Adolf Hitler Blamed Jews for Germany's economic trouble Jan 1, 1938 Kristallnacht Night of Broken Glass Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Dec 31, 1945 Dictators and Rulers
