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Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
Stalin got his name written in history as one of the most formidable dictators of the last 100 years. He was a pivotal part of Hitler's success in conquering much of Europe. -
Mussolini’s March on Rome
It was a violent uprising from which Benito Mussolini came to power in Italy. It marked the beginning of fascist rule -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
It's an infamous autobiographical manifesto written by adolf hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany -
1st “five year plan” in USSR
It was a plan put in place by Joseph Stalin to develop heavy industry and collectivizing agriculture, at the cost of a drastic fall in consumer goods -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan was desperately in need of natural resources so against the laws of the League of Nations they invaded their neighbors Manchuria as they were rich in oil, rubber and lumber -
Holodomor
It was a period of mass starvation in Ukraine that was caused by Stalin. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
Hitler was appointed chancellor after a series of elections and this is important because this is event would set Germany up to be a part of one of the most heinous times in their history -
“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
It was a purge of Nazi leaders by Adolf Hitler on June 30, 1934. Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders, including Ernst Röhm -
Nuremburg Laws enacted
These were laws that would determine whether or not you were Jewish not by religious practice but by family relation and other absurd characteristics -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
It was a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from -
The Great Purge and gulags
It was 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. Roughly 750000 people were killed -
Spanish civil war
It was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic, in alliance with anarchists -
The Rape of Nanking
When the Japanese killed an estimated 150000 war prisoners, killed about 50000 civilian men, and raped 20000 women and girls. -
Kristallnacht
It was an organized massacre against Jews carried out by SA paramilitary forces and civilians throughout Nazi Germany -
Nazi Germany invades Poland
It was an attack on the Second Polish Republic by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
This was an event that no one saw coming and was the main reason for the US ending their neutrality and entering the war.
