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Mussolini’s March on Rome
The Mussolini’s March on Rome resulted in Benito Mussolini came to power in Italy in October 1922. The March was just the beginning of fascist rule and meant the doom of legislation system of socialists and liberals -
Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
Stalin gained power in the USSR by using his position as party general secretary to gain control over the Communist Party and kept it by forcing out his opponents. -
“Night of the Long Knives”
“Night of the Long Knives” was the purge of the SA leadership and other political opponents, over 150 people were murdered. The purpose of this was to improve Hitlers image in Germany. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Hitler' book "Mein Kampf" was his first volume published of a semi-autobiographical book which laid out his racist policies -
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1st “five year plan” in USSR
Stalin launched his first five-year plan to speed up the process of industrialisation in the Soviet Union so that it could complete with output levels in developed capitalist economies -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invaded Manchuria seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries, an explosion destroyed a section of railway track near the city of Mukden -
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Holodomor
'Holodomor' was the first genocide that was methodically planned out and perpetrated by depriving the people who were producers of food that they needed for survival -
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany
Hitler being appointed as Chancellor on January 30, 1933 marked a crucial turning point for Germany. His plan was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state -
Nuremberg Laws Enacted
The Nuremberg Laws were two race- based measures depriving Jews of German citizenship making them "subjects of the state". The other law was the Protection of German Blood and German Honour, which forbade marriage or sexual relations between Jews and "citizens of German or kindred blood -
The Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
Ethiopia was one of two independent African nations at the time by Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini, the Italians committed countless cruel acts on the independent African state, poisonous gas, aerial bombardment, flame throwers, and concentration camps were all employed -
The Great Purge and Gulags
The Great Purge was a brutal political campaign which was led by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to eliminate dissenting members of the Communist Party and anyone else he considered a threat -
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War represented a dress rehearsal for World War II, a pending conflict between the forces of democracy and fascism -
The Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking was loads of attacks including; killing suspected Chinese soldiers, massacred families living outside the Safety Zone, and raped tens of thousands of women. The Japanese army also looted the city and burned down many buildings -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, also known as "The Night of Broken Glass", the SA and Hitler Youth shattered the windows of about 7,500 Jewish stores and businesses -
Nazi Germany Invades Poland
Nazi propagandists accused Poland of persecuting ethnic Germans living in Poland. They also falsely claimed that Poland was planning, with its allies Great Britain and France, to encircle and dismember Germany -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
By attacking Pearl Harbor Japan believed that it could severely cripple the U.S fleet and buy them time in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. Not only would they be able to launch their attacks without interference from the U.S they would also have time to dig in defensively and consolidate their gains