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Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
Joseph Stalin becomes the leader of the communist party -
Mussolini’s March on Rome
The March on Rome was an organized mass demonstration in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy. -
Hitler finished Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
1st Five Year Plan
The first five year plan was created in order to initiate rapid and large-scale industrialization across the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -
Gulags
Gulags are just the Russian version of interment camps. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan had a highly developed industry, but the land was scarce of natural resources. Japan turned to Manchuria for oil, rubber and lumber in order to make up for the lack of resources in Japan. -
Holodomor
Holodomor was a drought caused by replacing personal farms with state owned farms. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany -
Night of the Long Knives
The night of long knives was a purge of Nazi leaders lead by Adolf Hitler. Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders. In other words a massacre of political figures for political gain. -
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Italy was trying to colonize Ethiopia again and failed again. -
The Great Purge
The Great Purge also known as the Great Terror was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union. -
Spanish civil war
The one primary causes of the Spanish Civil War was the failure of Spanish democracy. This failure resulted from the refusal of the Spanish political parties and groups to compromise and respect democratic norms. The nationalist who were backed by Italy and Nazi Germany won the civil war. -
The Rape of Nanking
Japanese army butchered an estimated 150,000 male “war prisoners,” massacred an additional 50,000 male civilians, and raped at least 20,000 women and girls of all ages, many of whom were mutilated or killed in the process. Note this was against Chinese citizens and not their own. -
Kristallnacht
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. -
Nazi Germany invades Poland
The German army invaded Poland. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii.