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WWII Timeline

  • Hitler writes Mein Kampf

    Hitler writes Mein Kampf

    It combined volumes encompass roughly 750 pages it was prominent in early transcript then most of the editing was done by Hitlers deputy Rudolf Hess
  • Stalin Becomes dictator of USSR

    Stalin Becomes dictator of USSR

    After the Bolsheviks seized power in the October Revolution of 1917 Stalin served as a member of the Politburo and from 1922 used his position as general secretary to gain over the party bureaucracy
  • Mussolini’s March on Rome -outcome

    Mussolini’s March on Rome -outcome

    The march on Rome inspired similar fascist movements across Europe, demonstrating how such tactics could challenge existing governments and norms, It marked a significant turning point in Italian history leading to a period of aggressive militarism and expansionism under Mussolini's regime
  • 1st “five year plan” in USSR

    1st “five year plan” in USSR

    It aimed to rapidly transform the agrarian Soviet union into an industrial superpower through centralized planning, focusing on heavy industries(coal,steel) and forced agricultural collectivization to fund this growth making it significant for establishing Soviet economic power
  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 for its rich natural resources(coal, iron) strategic location and to expand its empire marking a major step in its militarization and aggression leading to WWII
  • Holodomer

    Holodomer

    The Holodomer also known as the Ukrainian famine was a massive man made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians the Holodomer was a part of the wider Soviet famie of 1930- 1933 which affected the major grain producing areas of the soviet union
  • Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany

    Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany

    Hitlers appointment as chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933 is significant because it served as the legal gateway for the Nazi party to dismantle the Weimar republics democracy and establish a totalitarian dictatorship that directly led to WWII and the Holocaust
  • “Night of the Long Knives” in Germany

    “Night of the Long Knives” in Germany

    It was significant because it eliminated threats to Hitlers absolute power, consolidated his control solidified the SS's dominance and secured the German army's loyalty by purging the radical SA leadership and other political opponents
  • Nuremburg Laws enacted

    Nuremburg Laws enacted

    In 1935 the Nazi regime took a significant step toward isolating and excluding Jews and other groups from German society through the passage of two laws. these Nazi laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship and made relationships or marriages with non Jews illegal
  • Italian invasion of Ethiopia

    Italian invasion of Ethiopia

    It was significant because it exposed the league of nations impotence signaled rising fascist aggression and fueled anti--colonial movements, marking a stark failure of collective security against aggressive imperialism, Its purpose was to build a new Roman empire avenge the 1896 defeat at Adwa, gain strategic African Territory, and boost domestic popularity for Mussolini's regime
  • The rape of nanking

    The rape of nanking

    It was the mass rape and murder of Chinese civilians, noncombatants and prisoners of war by the imperial Japanese army in Nanjing, It took place immediately after the battle of nanking
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht was a state-sponssored nation wide pogrom against Germanys Jews in November 1938, its primary purpose was to escalate the persecution of Jews from discriminatory laws to widespread organized physical vioelence and to force their mass emigration
  • The Great Purge and gulags

    The Great Purge and gulags

    The great purge and Gulag system were significant because they solidified Stalin's totalitarian control by terrorizing the population, eliminating perceived enemies and exploiting forced labor for massive state projects
  • Nazi Germany invades Poland.

    Nazi Germany invades Poland.

    Its purpose was to destroy polish sovereignty, seize territory, eliminate poles and Jews, and serve as a springboard for invading the soviet union, fulfilling Hitlers ideological goal
  • Spanish civil war

    Spanish civil war

    It was significant as a brutal ideological clash (Fascism vs Anti-Fascism/Communism/Democracy) as precursor and testing around for WWII, And resulted in a devastating dictatorship under Franco ending Spain's brief democracy and causing deep societal trauma and repression
  • Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

    Japan bombed pearl harbor on december 7, 1941 to cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet, enabling their expansion into southeast Asia without American interference, its significance lies in the surprise attack unifying america, ending its isolationism