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Mussolini’s March on Rome
The march was to establish Mussolini and the Fascist Party as the most important political party in Italy. It resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy. -
Stalin becomes a dictator
Stalin became the new leader of the Soviet Union after the pervious leader, Lenin had died. Under Stalin, socialism in one country became a central tenet of the party's ideology. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Hitler wrote the book during his prison time in Landsberg after being convicted of treason. His book describes the process of a Third Reich and had a clear exposition of the nightmary that will envelope Europe. -
1st “five year plan” in USSR
The plan concentrated on developing heavy industry and collectivizing agriculture, at the cost of a drastic fall in consumer goods. It was created in order to initiate rapid and large-scale industrialization across the USSR. -
Japan invades Manchuria
And explosion destroyed a section of railway track near the city of Mukden. The Japanese blamed the Chinese nationalists for the incident because the railway was owned by the Japanese's. With the opportunity, they retaliate and invaded Manchuria seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries. -
Holodomor
It is also known as the Ukrainian Famine, it refers to the starvation of millions of Ukrainians as a result of the Soviet policies. Stalin fears the opposition to his polices in Ukraine and how it could possibly lead to Ukraine's secession form the Soviet Union. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
Former chancellor and other conservative leaders were able to convinced President Paul von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor. Resulting in more power for the Nazi Party and a series of electoral victories by the party. -
“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
Purge of Nazi leader by Hitler. Fearing the the Sa had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders, including Ernst Rohm. Hundreds of other perceived opponents of Hitler were killed that night as well. -
Nuremburg Laws enacted
The law was a two race-based measures depriving Jews of rights, designed by Hitler. It designed them as "subject of the state", Jews were not allow to fly the German flag and were forbidden "to employ in domestic service female subjects if German". They were striped of all their right as the citizens of Germany. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
The invasion was led by dictator Benito Mussolini and highlighted the failure of the League of Nations and the international system created after WW1 because, it didn't do anything to stop the invasion, the war and mass killing. -
The Great Purge and gulags
Widely publicized show trials and series of closed trials that is held in the Soviet Union. The trials successfully eliminated the major read and potential political rivals and critics of Stalin. These are camps that forced political prisoners to perform hard labor which led to many death under terrible conditions as well. -
Spanish Civil War
The war was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. The nationalists wanted to overthrow the country's democratically elected republic which was successful. Franco would rule Spain as a ruthless dictator until his death in 1975. -
The Rape of Nanking
During the Sino-Japanese War, the imperial Army of Japanese seize Nanking, China, where the massacre of citizens range form 1 to 3 millions. Tens of thousands of women and girls were sexually assaulted by the soldiers. -
Kristallnacht
It was the night German Nazi attacked Jewish persons and their property. Theses violence led to more then 90 death of Jewish people, the Germans destroyed shops owned by Jewish people and would stump them to death if they refused. -
Nazi Germany invades Poland
The invasion of Poland was a joint attack by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of WWII. Hitler attacked Poland because he wanted Germans to live there and considered the Polish people inferior and only fit as a work force. He murdered 65,000 Jewish and non-Jewish Poles. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
The Japanese military launches a surprise attack on the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. Japan believes that it can severely cripple the US fleet and buy them time for the war. Causing President FDR to asked Congress to declare war on Japan.