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Mussolini's march on Rome
Benito Mussolini staged a coup made up of half a million people to take government by force. They let Mussolini to form his own government and that ended the march. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf, my struggle, was propaganda about antisemitism and racist views on the world. Hitler wrote it while he was in prison for high treason, and he hoped it would bring people together under Nazism. -
Stalin becomes dictator of the USSR
After the formation of the USSR, Stalin was a higher ranking official in the communist party. Following the death of Vladimir Lenin there was a power vacuum for the leader of the party, Stalin did everything he could to get rid of his opponents and take the seat. -
First "Five Year Plan"
The point of the five year plan was to start rapidly industrializing Russia to compete with the rest of the world. Russia wanted to be an industrial powerhouse and it worked. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Manchuria was full of resources that helped fuel the Japanese industry, so the Japanese decided they wanted it. It was also vital for them to take it so they didn't feel the effects of the great depression. -
Holodomor begins
Stalin felt threatened by the Ukrainian revolts so he destroyed Ukrainian peasantry. The Russians created an artificial famine to starve out the Ukrainians. -
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
President of Germany names Hitler the chancellor of Germany, Hitler promised the people revenge for WW1 and he said he would fix the economic troubles Germany was in. He was a crowd favorite and had the support of the German people. -
The Great Purge happens
Stalin wanted to crush any threat to his power, so he killed and enslaved anyone who spoke against him or his power. This led to the murders of millions of people. -
The night of the long knives
The point of the night of the long knives was to make Hitler look better in the German eyes. Not only that Hitler felt his power threatened so he tried to get rid of the competition. -
Nuremberg laws
The Nuremberg laws were laws that were enacted to be antisemitic. These laws were passed by the German Nazi party headed by Hitler. One of the laws legalized the persecution of Jews. -
Anti-Comintern pact
The pact was made by Germany, Italy, and Japan, and it aimed at getting rid of communism around the world. It focused on the USSR but included communist countries and states. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Italy wanted colonies, like the rest of Europe, so they turned to one of the only non owned country in Africa, Ethiopia. They struggled for a while even though their technology was decades ahead of the Ethiopians. The Italians ended up taking Ethiopia and becoming a colonial empire. -
Spanish civil war
Nationalists wanted to overthrow the republic set in place, the Nationalists lost most of the battles and their uprisings were put to rest but they ended up winning the war and the republic fell. -
The Rape of Nanking
The Japanese imperial army marched into China's capital, Nanking, and killed 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers. This lasted for 6 weeks and after they looked towards women, more than 20,000 women were raped. -
Kristallnacht
This event was the first time German officials arrested Jewish people with no further cause than their religion. They destroyed Jewish businesses and synagogues.