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The March on Rome was a Fascist demonstration in October 1922 organized by Benito Mussolini that resulted in his appointment as Prime Minister of Italy and the beginning of a Fascist regime. -
Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg on January 30, 1933. -
The main purpose of the USSR's First Five-Year Plan (1928-1932) was rapid industrialization to transform the agrarian Soviet Union into a modern, self-sufficient industrial power. -
"Mein Kampf" was a book written by Adolf Hitler in the 1920s that explained his hateful beliefs and plans for Germany. It became the guidebook for the Nazi party. -
Joseph Stalin became the dictator of the USSR primarily through his manipulation of his position as General Secretary of the Communist Party. -
Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 primarily for its rich natural resources, strategic location as a foothold in China, and to expand its empire amid growing militarism. -
The Holodomor was a man-made famine and genocide engineered by the Soviet Union's government under Joseph Stalin in Soviet Ukraine. This mainly happened because of forced collectivization of agriculture. -
The purpose of the "Night of the Long Knives" was for Adolf Hitler to consolidate his absolute power, eliminate internal party threats (especially the radical SA leadership led by Ernst Röhm) -
The Nuremberg Laws were two antisemitic and racist laws passed in Nazi Germany. The laws stripped Jews of their German citizenship and severely restricted their lives. -
Italy's invasion of Ethiopia led by Mussolini was a brutal colonial war using weapons like tanks and chemical gas against Ethiopia. -
The Great Purge was a Soviet campaign of political repression organized by Joseph Stalin, that targeted "enemies of the people" through mass arrests, show trials, torture, and executions. Gulags were were a vast network of Soviet forced labor camps. -
The Spanish Civil War was from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. This was a a brutal conflict between the left leaning Republicans and right-wing Nationalists. -
The Rape of Nanking (Nanjing Massacre) was a horrific six-week period of mass murder, sexual violence, and destruction committed by the Imperial Japanese Army against the residents of Nanjing. -
Kristallnacht is also known as the "Night Of Broken Glass", it was a series of violent anti-Jewish pogroms that took place throughout Nazi Germany. There was a lot of shattered glass from vandalized homes and businesses on the streets after the attacks. -
Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, starting World War II. -
Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, this killed over 2,400 Americans.