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Mussolini’s March on Rome
Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy. , the insurrection by which Benito Mussolini came to power in Italy in late -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler It was his only complete book, and the work became the bible of National Socialism (Nazism) in Germany's Third Reich -
Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
He rose to this unprecedented level of power due to his capabilities and understanding of the workings of the Communist Party. Joseph Stalin launched a series of five-year plans intended to transform the Soviet Union from a peasant society into an industrial superpower -
1st “five year plan” in USSR
created in order to initiate rapid and large-scale industrialization across the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. -
Japan invades Manchuria
when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries was the whole goal for them. -
Holodomor
The purpose to fight the counter revolution and build socialism in the countryside. a combination of a severe drought, chaotic implementation of forced collectivization of farms, -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
He feared a seizure of power by Hitler, but came to believe he could control him and appointed him chancellor in 1933 -
Kristallnacht
The name Kristallnacht refers ironically to the litter of broken glass left in the streets after these pogroms. Event happened when German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. killed at least 91 Jews, and vandalized Jewish hospitals, homes, schools, and cemeteries. The attackers were often neighbors. Some 30,000 Jewish males aged 16 to 60 were arrested. -
“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization’s leaders,Ernst Röhm. Also killed that night were hundreds of other perceived opponents of Hitler. purpose was to settle scores with old enemies. -
Nuremburg Laws enacted
The Nuremberg Laws were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany. Jews could not fly the German flag and were forbidden “to employ in domestic service female subjects of German or kindred blood who are under the age of 45 years. -
Italian invasion of euphoria
was a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937. goal was to boost Italian national prestige, -
The Great Purge and gulags
The political purge was primarily an effort by Stalin to eliminate challenge from past and potential opposition groups. was a system of Soviet labour camps and accompanying detention and transit camps and prisons. -
Spanish civil war
when generals Emilio Mola and Francisco Franco launched an uprising aimed at overthrowing the country's democratically elected republic. Came about as a result of an attempted military coup against the elected government of the Second Spanish Republic. -
The raping of nanking
episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing -
Nazi Germany invades Poland.
This started after the world war 1 the war ended with Germany in defeat, Russia had to come to the aid of its “blood brothers,” the Ukrainians and Belorussians, who were trapped in territory that had been illegally annexed by Poland. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Japans main purpose for bombing was An Increased Need For Natural Resources. Five of eight battleships, three destroyers, and seven other ships were sunk or severely damaged, and more than 200 aircraft were destroyed. A total of 2,400 Americans were killed and 1,200 were wounded. Another reason was a preventive action to keep the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia against overseas