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Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler's political manifesto entitled Mein Kampf (German for "My Struggle"). It was his sole book in its entirety, and it became the bible of National Socialism (Nazism) under Germany's Third Reich. In 1925 and 1927, it was published in two volumes, then in 1930, an abridged edition was issued. -
Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
As General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Soviet Union's Council of Ministers (1941–1953), he wielded power. He began leading the country as part of a collective leadership, but by the 1930s, he had consolidated power and had become dictator. -
Holodomor
According to some historians, collectivization in the Soviet Union and a lack of preferred industries were the principal causes of famine mortality (52 percent of extra deaths), and evidence suggests that ethnic Ukrainians and Germans were discriminated against. -
The Rape of Nanking
The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II is a bestselling 1997 non-fiction book by Iris Chang about the 1937–1938 Nanking Massacre, a massacre and crimes performed by the Imperial Japanese Army after it took Nanjing, then the capital of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. -
Mussolini’s March on Rome
Benito Mussolini's Blackshirts famously marched on Rome on October 28, 1922, seizing entire control of the Italian government. The March on Rome signaled the start of Fascist government in Italy, putting an end to all social-liberal parliamentary processes.