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Mussolini’s March on Rome
Mussolini’s and the Italian fascist party marched troops marched around Rome to try and seize power without going in. Rome sent no troops to fight and gave power to the fascist party and Italian leader Mussolini’s fascist government. -
Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
Stalin arose to power after Vladimir Lenin died in 1924. He was dictator of the Solviet Union until his death in 1952. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler the future leader of the Nazis and the reason the Holocaust happened in WW2, wrote a book years before he did all of that about his early hatred for Jews. He wrote this book while in prison and wrote about fighting in the war, childhood, and antisemitism. -
First Five year plan
In 1928 the first five year plan was made by the Soviet Union. This plan was for rapid and quick expansion of large scale industrialization throughout the Soviet Union. -
Japan invades Manchuria
In 1931 Japan Invaded the Chinease province of Manchuria for many reasons. Japan had a railroad explosion and blamed it on China and Invaded. Another big reason was in search for materials, Japan was looking for raw materials to grow its fast-developing industries. -
Holodomor begins
The Holodomor also known as the terror famine was a planned and forced famine throughout the soviet Ukrainian. The soviet Ukrainian forced starvation of grain which lasted for over a year. This starvation caused the death of millions of Ukrainians. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
The Nazi party took over control of Germany and the German President, Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the very head of the Nazi and German government party called the coalition government. -
Night of the Long Knives
The event lasted until July 2nd 1934, a two day purge where over 150 people were murdered. Tension about power between the SA and Nazi leadership was very tight, Hitler and his Nazi leaders met with them and arested and killed many of Sa leaders without trial. The purpose was to show how the Nazis had absolute and total power over Germany. -
Nuremburg Laws enacted
The Nuremburb laws were rasist and antisemetic laws made by the Germans in 1935. There were two main laws called, The Reich Citizenship Law, this law meant jews were a separate race from the Germans and had no political rights, only racially pure Germans had those. The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, this law banned all future Jewish people from marrying or having relationships with Germans or people with German related blood. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
The once independent country Ethiopia was soon ambushed and attacked by the Italian army. The Ethiopian army was very unequipped, unprepared, and very untrained for what the Italian army brought to them and captured them. -
The Great Purge begins
The Soviet Union led Joseph Stalin was a very feared and harsh leader. During his dictatorship there was a time named the Great Terror, It was named this due to people living in fear of his dictatorship. Stallion started a purge that killed around 1 million people, thousands were executed. All of this was blamed on the murder of Sergey Kirov. The purge ended in March 1938 -
Spanish civil war
The spanish civil war lasted around 3 years and it was the Republicans and the Nationalist fighting each other. Generals Emilio Mola and Francisco Franco tried to create a movement to overthrow the elected republicans, this caused the republicans to fight back and start war. In the end the Nationalists won the war. -
Anti-Comintern Pact
In an act of trying to stop the spread of communism Germany, Italy, and Japan joined up in an agreement to help the facist party win against communism. d -
The Rape of Nanking
The rape of nanking is the massecure of Chinese soldiers killed by Imperial Japanese soldiers. About 150,000 Chinese soldiers were killed in this masseure. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht or better known as, "The night of broken glass". This event lasted over a day where Germans went through the streets of Germany and destroyed synagogs, homes, and bussniess owned by jewish residents. Many were arrested and killed for just being Jewish. The name Kristallnacht comes from the shards of broken glass on the streets