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Mussolini’s March on Rome
The march in Rome was an organized mass demonstration and coup in and coup in October 1922 that led to Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party (PNF) coming to power in the Kingdom of Italy. -
Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
Serving in the Russian Civil War before overseeing the creation of the Soviet trade unions in 1922, Stalin assumed the leadership of the country after Lenin's death in 1924. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Hitler wrote Mein Kampf while he was imprisoned at Landsberg Prison in Bavaria, Germany. The book outlined Hitler's personal history, political beliefs, and his vision and future for Germany. -
1st “five year plan” in USSR
The first five-year plan was created to initiate rapid and large-scale industrialization throughout the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Beginning on October 1, 1928, the plan entered its second year when Harry Byers first set foot in the Soviet Union. -
Japan invades Manchuria
In search of raw materials for its burgeoning industries, Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. By 1937, Japan controlled much of China and war crimes. Fighting against the Chinese became commonplace. -
Holodomor begins
Feeling threatened by Ukraine's increasing cultural autonomy, Stalin took steps to destroy the Ukrainian peasant class and the Ukrainian cultural and intellectual elite to prevent them from seeking independence. of Ukraine. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
After some behind the scenes negotiations including industrialists, Hindenburg's son, former Chancellor Franz von Papen, and Hitler Hindenburg agreed and on January 30, 1933, he formally appointed Adolf Hitler as the new Chancellor of Germany. -
“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
Night of the Long Knives was a purge in which Adolf Hitler and the Nazis regime targeted members of Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, as well as former opponents of the party. -
Nuremburg Laws enacted
The Nuremberg Laws were enchanted by the Nazi Party in 1935 and were a series of laws that institutionalized many of the racial theories contained in Nazi ideology. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also known as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February and in Italy the Ethiopian War. -
The Great Purge begins
In 1934, Stalin used the murder of Sergey Kirov as a pretext to launch the Great Purge, in which about a million people perished (sees Number of people executed). Some later historians came to believe that Stalin arranged the murder, or at least that there was sufficient evidence to reach such a conclusion. -
Spanish civil war
the military uprising against the republican government of Spain, supported by conservative elements in the country. When an initial military coup failed to take over the entire country, a bloody civil war ensued, with both sides fighting fiercely. -
Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Communist Pact was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan that they would work together to prevent the spread of communism around the world. It was aimed squarely at the Soviet Union. Germany and Italy worked together well in the Spanish Civil War and won against the Communists of fascism. -
The Rape of Nanking
The Japanese massacred an estimated 150,000 male 'prisoners', slaughtered an additional 50,000 male civilians, and raped at least 20,000 women and girls of all ages, many of whom were wondered or killed in the process. -
Kristallnacht
Night of Broken Glass, Nov 9 1938 night when the Nazis killed or injured many Jews and destroyed many Jewish propertys