World War II Timeline

  • Mein Kampf

    written by Hitler. Translates to My Struggle. Book set forth standards for Nazi party.
  • Benito Mussolini's fascist government in Italy

    established fascist party stressing nationalism.
  • Joseph Stalin's totalitarian government in the Soviet Union

    took control of USSR and focused to make it into a model communist nation.
  • Storm troopers

    Hitler's private army made up of young unemployed men.
  • Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany

    started as a jobless soldier at the end of WW II, took control of Nazi party, and became chancellor of Germany in January, 1933