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Mussolini’s March on Rome
The outcome of Mussolini's march on Rome was that his group, "Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party(PNF) ascended to power in the Kingdom of Italy. -
Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
Stalin becomes a dictator of the USSR due to the death of Vladimir Lenin. Due to Stalin's personality he was a ruthless man causing problems for many people in his nation and out, like attempting to form a anti-Hitler alliance with Western Powers and made a pact with Hitler that encouraged the attack on Poland. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
It was a book made by Hitler explaining his future plans once he rose in power and was freed from prison. One of the events that he wrote down was about the Jewish needing to be destroyed. -
1st “five year plan” in USSR
It was created in order to initiate a rapid & large scale industrialization across the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria because of the lack of resources they had in Japan, encouraging them to invade Manchuria for their resources of oil, rubber, and lumber. -
Holodomor
It was considered a crime against humanity and a genocide due to the famine it caused and it was significant to WWII due to Soviet authorities force collecting all the farms and food causing many deaths. -
Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany
On 1933, Hindenburg made Hitler the chancellor of Germany, believing that he could control him but as a end results Hitler just gained more power and soon created the "brown-shirts" to intimidate his opponents. -
“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
It was a purge in Nazi Germany that lasted for 3 days which was also given the name of 'Operation Hummingbird.' Which was a turning point for German government because of how it established Hitler as a supreme administrator of justice to the Germans. -
Nuremberg Laws enacted
They were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted by Nazi Germany at the special meeting of Reichstag in the annual of Nuremberg Valley. The purpose of these laws was to take away the Rights of Jews and deprive them from German citizenship. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Lead by Mussolini, he and his army invaded Ethiopia because he found a excuse to intervene and boost Italian national prestige and because of what happened in the past in the Battle of Adowa, it saved Ethiopia from Italian colonization. This was used as a rationale to invade Abyssinia. -
The Great Purge and gulags
The Great Purge was Stalin's campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union that began in 1936 and ended on 1938, and his motive was to eliminate political opponents with power and strike fear into them. There were about 950,000- 1.2 million deaths. The Gulags were forced labor camps that was brutal and the prisoners had to work 14 hours every day and many died of starvation, disease or exhaustion but the unlucky ones were executed. -
Spanish civil war
The main cause of the civil war was the failure of Spanish democracy that went of from 1936 to 1939. One side was called the "Republicans" that was formed by unions, communist, anarchist, workers and peasants, while the other side was the "Nationalists" which was the rebel army of the bourgeoisie, landlords, and other upper-classes. -
The Rape of Nanking
It was a mass murder & rape committed by the Imperial Japanese troops towards the people of Nanjing and remembered today due to the number of deaths that occurred and at this time Japan was apart of Axis Powers with Hitler. -
Kristallnacht
Also known as "Night of the broken glass," it was the event that targeted Jews and ruined their business, breaking the glass of buildings and having the Jews arrested for not cleaning them up and not even searching for the people who actually broke the glass -
Nazi Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland, causing the spark of World War II in Europe. Throughout the invasions German forces broke through Polish defenses and quickly advanced to Warsaw, the capital. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor -
This was a coordinated surprise military attack from Japan upon the United States, which soon led to the U.S joining World War II.