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Mussolini’s March on Rome -outcome
Benito Mussolini march on Rome took place in Italy. It was a very important march, It marked the first fascist takeover of power in the world -
Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
Stalin assumed leadership over the country following lenins death in 1924 -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Hitler began writing Mein Kampf in the Landsberg prison following his conviction for high treason for attempting to overthrow the German republic in November 1923 in the so-called Beer Hall Putsch -
1st “five year plan” in USSR
created in order to initiate rapid and large-scale industrialization across the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) -
Holodomor begins
a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
Hindenburg's son, the former chancellor Franz von Papen, and Hitler ,Hindenburg acquiesced -
“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
a purge in which Adolf Hitler and the regime of Nazi Germany targeted members of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, as well as past opponents of the party. -
Nuremburg Laws enacted
is the name given to two laws enacted in Nazi Germany in September of 1935, the the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor and the Reich Citizenship Law. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia -
The Great Purge begins
a brutal political campaign led by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to eliminate dissenting members of the Communist Party and anyone else he considered a threat -
Spanish civil war
when generals Emilio Mola and Francisco Franco launched an uprising aimed at overthrowing the country's democratically elected republic. The Nationalist rebels' initial efforts to instigate military revolts throughout Spain only partially succeeded. -
Anti-Comintern Pact
an agreement between Germany, Italy and Japan, that they would work together to stop the spread of Communism around the globe -
The Rape of Nanking
General Matsui Iwane ordered the city of nanking to be destroyed. Japanese troops launched a campaign of atrocities against civilians -
Kristallnacht
a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung paramilitary and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces