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Stalin comes to power
After The bolsheviks took over power from the czar, Stalin was put in charge of the entire Soviet Union. -
Mussolinis march on Rome
A coup was organized by Italian fascists, who entered Rome and came to power over all of Italy. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Hitler published a book of his vision and Ideology for Germany's future -
1st "five year plan" in USSR
A plan to industrialize the soviet union, and collectivize agriculture. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invades the Chinese territory of Manchuria in search of raw materials and natural resources -
Holodomor
Up to 10 million Ukrainians were starved to death, due to Communists seizing their entire harvest, in order to destroy the Ukrainian ethnicity, to avoid an uprising. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Hitler came to power and became the supreme leader of Germany, Immediately beginning his plan to make Germany a superpower again. -
Night of the long knives
Hitler ordered his secret police to assassinate threatening opposition leaders, allowing him to be the supreme leader. -
Nurenburg Laws enacted
Racist and antisemitic laws passed in Germany were part of Hitler's Ideology that Jews were inferior, and the cause of many of Europe's problems -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Italy invades Ethiopia due to conflict between Ethiopians and Italian colonists in Africa. -
Spanish Civil War
Conflict between Spanish democrats, and Spanish Nationalists, the nationalists eventually won and placed Francisco Franco in power. -
The Great Purges and gulags
Stalin attacked opposition to his rule within the soviet union, often sending them to Siberian labor camps where they died. -
The rape of Nanking
Mass murder and rape against Chinese people in Nanjing led to war between China and Japan. -
Kristallnacht
Major attacks on the Jewish population center within Germany and its newly acquired territory. -
Nazi Germany Invades Poland
Nazi propagandists claimed to invade Poland to protect German minorities within Germany. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
Japan directly attacked United States territory effectively getting the United States involved in WWII