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Joseph stalin birth
Joseph Stalin was born on decmeber 21th, 1879, in the Georgian village of Gori, a small town in the southern reaches of the vast Russian Empire. He was the third child born to Vissarion Dzhugashvili, a poor shoemaker, and his wife Yekaterina, who used her husband's income by working as a domestic servant. -
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini was born in Dovia di Predappio, a small town in the province of Forlì in Emilia-Romagna. Benito was the oldest of three children. As a child Benito spent his time with his father in his smithy. Mussolini's early political views were heavily influenced by his father, Alessandro Mussolini, a revolutionary socialist who idolized 19th century Italian nationalist figures with humanist tendencies such as Giuseppe Garibaldi. -
Mussolini rise to power
Mussolini became prime minister in the Republic of Italy. He was put in power after a coup d’etat and was supported by many right wing liberalists. At first he was part of a fascist government, but his ultimate goal was to become a totalitarian dictator. This was the beginning of one of Italy’s darkest years. -
Joesph Stalin Rise to Power
This marks the beginning of Stalin's rise to power. At that point he was one of seven members of the Politburo--the others were Zinoviev and Kamenev, Trotsky, Nikolai Bukharin, Alexei Rykov, and Mikhail Tomsky. By 1930, Stalin would overshadow them, and by 1940 outlive them. His amazing success can be attributed to a combination of his own political genius and the mistakes that his rivals persisted in making. -
Rein of Mussolini
He started taking the title of Il Duce on this date after he became the totalitarian dictator of Italy. This was his goal from the start of his reign as prime minister in 1922. Not unlike Hitler, Mussolini used propaganda in order to secure his position as the dictator of Italy. But there were still countless assassination attempts against him during his reign. -
Hilter Takes Power
Hitler takes power in 1933, and begins changes. He first begins by stop paying because its harming the German economy so much hitler won't pay anymore. Also against the treaty, Hitler began to make a new and strong military. At this point he is going completely against the French and Britain treaty. He goes on to remilitarize the industrial land, Rheinland. Hitler began opening old factory is to begin producing weapons and products to fill the needs of Germans and the Nazi party. -
Joesph Stalin War
Stalin ordered an invasion. He expected a quick, easy war, but amid wintry conditions the Red Army (which had, after all, seen its generals purged only a few years before) suffered a series of setbacks. Not until spring of the following year did the Finns capitulate. This was a major event in the beginning of WWII. -
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Mussolini Death
During the end of WW2 when Axis Forces were nearing defeat Benito Mussolini was executed. Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were stopped by communist partisans Valerio and Bellini and identified by the Political Commissar of the partisans' 52nd Garibaldi Brigade, Urbano Lazzaro. He was then taken to Mezzegra. He and his wife spent their last night in the house of the De Maria family. -
Joesph Stalin Death
Stalin hatched a plot to eliminate all Jews from western Russia. This was to begin with the discovery of the so called "Doctors Plot": his Jewish doctors would be accused of collaborating with a foreign power and plotting to kill him. He suffered a stroke. For three days he wavered between life and death, before finally passing from this life, in great pain.
