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WWII Timeline

By Aiden_Payne

  • Benito Mussolini's Fascist Government

    Benito Mussolini's Fascist Government
    Benito Mussolini was establishing a totalitarian regime in
    Italy, where unemployment and inflation produced bitter strikes, some communist-led. Alarmed by these threats, the middle and upper classes demanded stronger leadership. Mussolini took advantage of this situation. By 1921, Mussolini had established the Fascist Party. Fascism stressed nationalism and placed the interests of the state above those of individuals.

  • Mein Kampf

    Mein Kampf
    In his book Mein Kampf [My Struggle], Hitler set forth the basic beliefs of Nazism that became the plan of action for the Nazi Party.

  • Adolf Hitler's Rise to Power in Germany

    Adolf Hitler's Rise to Power in Germany
    In Germany, Adolf Hitler had followed a path to power similar to Mussolini’s. In 1919, he joined a struggling group called the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, better known as the Nazi Party. Despite its name, this party had no ties to socialism. In his book Mein Kampf, Hitler set forth the basic beliefs of Nazism that became the plan of action for the Nazi Party. Nazism, the German brand of fascism, was based on extreme nationalism.

  • Storm Troopers

    Storm Troopers
    Many men who were out of work joined Hitler’s private army, the storm troopers (or Brown Shirts). The German people were desperate and turned to Hitler as their last hope.

  • Third Reich

    Third Reich
    Once in power, Hitler quickly dismantled Germany’s democratic Weimar Republic. In its place he established the Third Reich, or Third German Empire. According to Hitler, the Third Reich would be a “Thousand-Year Reich”—it would last for a thousand years.

  • Joseph Stalin's Totalitarian Government in the Soviet Union

    Joseph Stalin's Totalitarian Government in the Soviet Union
    Stalin focused on creating a model communist state. In his drive to purge, or eliminate, anyone who threatened his power, he did not spare even his most faithful supporters. Stalin was responsible for the deaths of 8 million to 13 million people. By 1939, Stalin had firmly established a totalitarian government that tried to exert complete control over its citizens. In a totalitarian state, individuals have no rights, and the government suppresses all opposition.