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Mussolini’s March on Rome
The March created the beginning of fascist rule and meant the doom of the process of parliamentary of socialists and liberals. -
Stalin Becomes dictator of USSR
Stalin was in a high position, Stalin became dictator on April 3rd, 1922, and took over the communist party of the Soviet Union by 1927. He took his strengths and turned them into control of the Soviet Union after the Russian Civil War. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Hitler wrote it inside prison where he was serving a sentence for a failed coup he attempted in 1923. He wrote about ideology and showed himself as the leader of the right. He also wrote about the future of Germany He wanted to expand Germany to throw the Jews out because he saw them as a threat and did have a hatred for Jews. -
1st “five year plan” in USSR
The plan was created to admit rapid industrialization across the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Begun on October 1st, 1928, the plan was currently in its second year when Harry Byers first went to the Soviet Union. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan kept Manchuria busy, in northeast China. In earlier treaty agreements, the Japanese had troops guarding the railroad in Southern Manchuria. The Japanese wanted to have more control over Manchuria, so they planted a small explosive next to the tracks. The explosion that was called the Mukden incident provided an excuse for the Japanese army in Korea (which was occupied by the Japanese) to send forces into Manchuria and quickly seize all the major cities in Liaoning and Kirin empires... -
Holodomor begins
Holodomor, the man-made famine that shook the Soviet Republic of Ukraine from 1932 to 1933. Also caused starvation in some regions of Soviet Russia and Kazakhstan. The Ukrainian famine, however, was made more dangerous by a series of decrees and decisions that were towards mostly at Ukraine. In depositing of its scale, the famine of 1932–33 is often called the Holodomor, a term derived from the Ukrainian words for hunger and extermination. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
Following multiple discussions, which had industrialists, Hindenburg's son, the former chancellor Franz von Papen, and Hitler, Hindenburg accepted without protest, and on 30 January 1933, he formally appointed Adolf Hitler as Germany's new chancellor. -
“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
The Night of the Long Knives was a purge in which Adolf Hitler and the regime of Nazi Germany targeted members of the Sturmabteilung, the member wing of the Nazi Party, as well as previous rivals of the party. -
Nuremburg Laws enacted
On September 15, 1935, the Nazi regime told two new laws related to race- The Reich Citizenship Law. The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor. These laws became the Nuremberg Laws or Nuremberg Race Laws. This is because they were first exposed at a Nazi Party rally held in the German city of Nuremberg. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Italy invaded Ethiopia in October 1935, starting a war that would drive Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie into exile, and make the way for the Italian profession, Most of the writing in Foreign Affairs during the war showed the racism implicit in Western understandings of the conquest—and, in some cases, the racist ideas used to justify it. -
The Great Purge begins
After Lenin died in 1924, the Communist Party of the Soviet leadership hopefuls began to make their claim, from creating agreements and working to become Lenin's heir. During this struggle, Joseph Stalin became Lenin's successor. Almost right after becoming the leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin sought to finalize his power by removing his rivals. Such persecution in 1927 accelerated during the mass of communists throughout the early 1930s and developed in the Great Purge of 1936. -
Spanish civil war
The Spanish Civil War, (1936–39), was a military revolt against the Republican government of Spain, supported within the country. When an initial military coup didn't win control of the entire country, a bloody civil war made sure they, fought with great ferocity on both sides. The Nationalists were called and got aid from Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. The Republicans got aid from the Soviet Union, and calm of volunteers from Europe and the United States. -
Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact was negotiated between Germany, Italy, and Japan, they would help to stop the spread of Communism. This was aimed squarely at the USSR. Germany and Italy had worked well during the Spanish Civil War and had brought about a fascist victory over communism. -
The rape of Nanking
To break the spirit of Chinese consistency, Japanese General Matsui Iwane commanded that the city of Nanking gets destroyed. most of the city was burned, and Japanese troops created a campaign of atrocities against civilians. In what became known as the “Rape of Nanking,” the Japanese had an estimated 150,000 male “war prisoners,” massacred an added amount of 50,000 male civilians, and raped at least 20,000 women and girls of any ages, many of who were killed in the process. -
Kristallnacht
An anti-Jewish pogrom broke out all over Germany. Known by the uninformative name of Kristallnacht. The pogrom made Nazis' anti-Jewish policies faster. The violence was the assassination of Ernst vom Rath, Vom Rath was shot by Herschel Grünspan. His action was an attempt to take revenge for what was happening to his parents. He was arrested by French authorities and later handed over to Germany, where his traces were ultimately lost.