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Mussolini’s March on Rome
A demonstration of power by Benito Mussolini and his National Fascist Party who came to power in Italy. The march forced King Victor Emmanuel III to make Mussolini prime minister. -
Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
Stalin became a dictator after Lenin's death in 1924. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Hitler wrote Mein Kampf in prison while serving a sentence for a failed coup. He wrote about his ideology and what he would do during his rise to power, he also talked about his time during world war one and his hatred of Jewish people. -
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1st “five year plan” in USSR
The first five year plan was created in order to initiate rapid and large-scale industrialization across the USSR. Implemented by Joseph Stalin, concentrated on developing heavy industry and collectivizing agriculture, at the cost of a drastic fall in consumer goods. -
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The Great Purge and gulags
In these camps, political prisoners were forced to perform hard labor under terrible conditions. Many died from exposure to harsh elements, lack of nutrition, and unsanitary conditions. -
Japan invades Manchuria
An explosion destroyed a section of railway track near the city of Mukden. The Japanese, who owned the railway, blamed Chinese nationalists for the incident and used the opportunity to retaliate and invade Manchuria. -
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Holodomor
The starvation of millions of Ukrainians by the Soviet union. Stalin set unrealistically high grain procurement quotas. They did this to avoid Ukrainians opposition to new Soviet policies which could've lead to their succession from the Soviet union. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
Former chancellor Franz von Papen and other conservative leaders convinced President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor on 30 January 1933. As he was appointed chancellor it allowed for the Nazi Party to assume control. -
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“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
the Nazi regime executed at least 90 people and an estimated 200 for political reasons. Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
A war of aggression waged by Italy against Ethiopia, it would drive Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie into exile, pave the way for Italian occupation, and test the capacity and will of the League of Nations to check the aggression of expansionist states. -
Nuremburg Laws enacted
Made Jews legally different from their non-Jewish neighbors. The Nazis enacted the Nuremberg Laws, because they wanted to put their ideas about race into law. They believed in the false theory that the world is divided into distinct races that are not equally strong and valuable. -
Spanish civil war
When generals Emilio Mola and Francisco Franco launched an uprising aimed at overthrowing the country's democratically elected republic. The Nationalist rebels' initial efforts to instigate military revolts throughout Spain only partially succeeded. -
The Rape of Nanking
The mass killing and ravaging of Chinese citizens by Japanese Imperial Army. Japanese soldiers killed suspected Chinese soldiers, massacred families and raped tens of thousands of women. The Japanese army also looted the city and burned down many buildings. -
Kristallnacht
A violent riot against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces along with some participation from the Hitler Youth and German civilians throughout Nazi Germany. Attacking them and their homes. -
Nazi Germany invades Poland
Hitler had attacked Poland because he wanted Germans to live there. He considered the Polish people inferior and only fit as a work force. To justify the action, Nazi propagandists accused Poland of persecuting ethnic Germans living in Poland. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. America was a neutral country at the time.