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Stalin becomes USSR Dictator
After Vladimir Lenin's death and a power struggle among government officials, it is Joseph Stalin who succeeds Lenin. Upon this, Stalin becomes the Dictator of the USSR. -
Mussolini's March on Rome
Mussolini and his Blackshirts (paramilitary) surrounds and enter Rome. A state of emergency was not called for, and King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Mussolini as Prime Minister without any of the bloodshed. -
Hitler's Mein Kampf
While Hitler was in prison, he wrote Mein Kampf, a book about his plans for Germany if he were ever to take power over the nation. Later, when he does become Germany's Dictator, he uses the book as an outline for his plans. -
1st Five Year Plan in USSR
During this time, the USSR was falling behind other countries in terms of industry and a lot of other aspects. Stalin's first Five Year Plan was to heavily focus the population and government on developing industry, as well as collectivizing agriculture. However, the intense focus led to a damaging fall in consumer goods. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invades Manchuria, an area within China. Japan was low on resources, and they found Manchuria as a good place to seize and capture resources from, so that is what the Japanese Army did, and the invaded Manchuria was renamed Manchukuo. -
Holodomor
Holodomor was a famine in the Soviet Controlled Ukraine. At first, it was because of low crop yields, but it was then made man-made, due to rejecting outside aid, confiscation of household foods, and policies from the first Five Year Plan that set the farming industry off-balance. It is also theorized that Stalin intentionally did this to try and exterminate Ukraine. -
Hitler becomes German Chancellor
In January 30, 1933, Hitler becomes the Chancellor of Germany due to consecutive victories from the Nazi Party, and relatively quickly, he becomes Dictator of Germany, and begins to capture other countries and start the Aryan belief. -
Night of the Long Knives
The Night of the Long Knives was a purge done in Germany, commanded by Hitler. It was done by the German military and secret police to put down any political enemies that could possibly oppose Hitler. Many political enemies were killed, most specifically the Sturmabteilung, which was led by one of Hitler's most loyal and closest supporters, Ernst Röhm. He was killed, too. -
Nuremberg Laws enacted
The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Hitler, and is a series of laws that went against all Jews, such as making them lose their citizenship, prohibited Jews and Germans from being together, and forced Jews to wear a yellow Star of David on their clothing. -
Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
Ethiopia was an independent country within the heavily European-colonized Africa. Benito Mussolini and Italy aggressively invaded Ethiopia. The League of Nations condemned Italy for this, and tried to punish Italy by putting sanctions on Italy, but it was ineffective, because of lack of support. -
The Great Purge and Gulags
The Great Purge was done in the USSR, started by Stalin. The death toll was around 950,000 to 1.2 million, and was carried out by the Kulak Operation and the targeting of minorities within the USSR. Gulags, or forced labor camps, also played a role in The Great Purge, and has killed at least an extra 136,520 victims. -
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was fought in Spain, between the Fascist Nationalists and the Democratic Republicans. Francisco Franco was the General for the Nationalists, and after three years, the Nationalists defeat the Republicans, and Franco is named Prime Minister of Spain. -
Rape of Nanking
The Nanking Massacre, or Rape of Nanking, was a siz-week period where Japanese soldiers invaded Nanking, the Chinese captial, and began to loot and commit mass-murder on the city. Death toll is between 50,000 and 300,000, but lack of sources makes it hard to tell. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, was a secret attack carried out by the Nazi Germans to attack and vandalize Jew Businesses and Synagogues. Once the Night turned to day, the Nazis blamed the Jews, and arrested/fined tens of thousands of Jews. -
Germany invades Poland
Hitler commands his Nazy Germany army to attack and bomb Poland, soon invading Poland after a span of one month. Because of this action, people began to declare war, and World War II begun. -
Japan bombs Peal Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack carried out by Japanese planes. The Japanese destroyed several American planes and warships. Japan attacked America while the two were undergoing peace talks, and this attack causes America to go to war.