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In October of 1922, Benito Mussolini came to power over Italy. The march represented the new rule over socialists. In the end, he formed a new kind of government. -
After Vladimir Lenin died, Joseph Stalin became the ruler and leader of the Communist party and Soviet Union. -
Hitler writes the Mein Kampf, in order to keep his future plans for Germany while in prison. -
The Soviet Union created the 5-year plan in order to make more heavy industry and imply a large-scale industrialization. -
Japan invades Manchuria in order to gain control of its resources and take more land. -
Holodomor began because the government took away the food in Ukraine and didn't give the people resources, they eventually died of starvation since they couldn't grow crops due to weather. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany after turning Germany's government into a totalitarian government with the Nazi party. -
The "Night of the long knives" was a purge of Adolf Hitler's political opponents. Hitler wanted to eliminate the group so he could rise to power -
The Nuremberg Laws were laws made by the Nazi government that made it hard for Jews to live. Jews couldn't marry or have relationships with non-Jews. -
Joseph Stalin ordered millions of Soviet citizens to be executed and imprisoned in order to eliminate any rivals to his newly gained position -
The Spanish Civil War was a war fought with the Republicans supported by the Soviet Union and the Democrats supported by Spain -
The Anti-Comintern Pact was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan to stop the spread of Communism -
The Italian invasion of Ethiopia was led by Benito Mussolini trying to expand Italian territory. The people of Ethiopia were out geared since the Italian military had new machinery and weapons -
The Japanese killed around 150,000 male prisoners and killed 50,000 more. Plus the additional 20,000 women they raped and killed. Around 220000 victims dead. -
The Kristallnacht was an event that eventually led to the Holocaust. Jews were mistreated and killed for small things. They vandalized and destroyed synagogues.