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Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf translates to "My Struggle", and explains Hitlers thoughts, ideologies and philosophies. This would soon after become primary literature in schools. Everyone had to read it. -
1st “five year plan” in USSR
The first five year plan was created in order to initiate rapid and large-scale industrialization across the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). It concentrated on developing and collectivizing agriculture, at the cost of a drastic fall in consumer goods. -
Stalin becomes Dictator of USSR
Joseph Stalin 1878-1953 was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USSR from 1929 to 1953. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries. Chronically short of raw materials, Japan was desperate to establish political and cultural hegemony in Asia. -
Holodomor
Holodomor is a planned starving of Ukrainian peasants with the purpose of eliminating the foundations of an independent Ukraine and the revival of Ukrainian nationalism. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. He ruled absolutely until his death by suicide in April 1945. -
“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
The Night of the Long Knives represented a triumph for Hitler, and a turning point for the German government. It established Hitler as "the supreme leader of the German people." -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
The aim of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian national prestige. Mussolini now intended to recreate the glories of the Roman Empire, prospect of economic gains in the form of oil, coal and gold and of African army recruits. -
Nuremberg Laws enacted
The Nuremberg Laws were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany. These laws consisted of two pieces of legislation: the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor. -
Spanish Civil War
The main reason for the Spanish Civil War was because of a religious struggle, a struggle between dictatorship and republican democracy, between revolution and counterrevolution, and fascism and communism -
The Great Purge and gulags
The Great Purge and Gulags were three publicized show trials and a series of closed, private trials held in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s, in which many prominent Old Bolsheviks were found guilty of treason and executed or imprisoned. -
Nanjing Massacre
In the Rape of Nanking, the Japanese butchered an estimated 150,000 male “war prisoners,” massacred an additional 50,000 male civilians, and raped at least 20,000 women and girls of all ages, many of whom were mutilated or killed in the process. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht marks the first time that the police specifically extolled the extermination of Jews. This was a sad event where Nazis had destroyed anything that belongs to the Jewish people. Such as Temples, homes, work, school, and other Jewish items. The next day 30,000 Jews were arrested and sent to camps. -
Nazi Germany invades Poland.
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor attack was a surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii.
The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan. -
Mussolini's March on Rome
Mussolini's March on Rome marked the first fascist takeover of power in the world. It also set in place a regime which would govern for 20 years and inspired other far-right movements.