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In October of 1922, Benito Mussolini and his fascist followers marched to Rome and ultimately took control of Italy. appointing Mussolini as the leader. -
Joseph Stalin took control after Lenin died in January of 1924. -
During his time in prison, Adolf Hitler would write Mein Kampf outlining his ideas and goals for Germany in the following years and decades. -
The First Five Year Plan was an economical plan to boost crop harvests, industrialization and industrial output as well as consumer output. -
The invasion of Manchuria marked the beginning of Japan's occupation of China to ensure that Japan had ample amount of oil and steel to build and maintain its army. -
Holodomor was a man-made famine in Ukraine from 1932-1933 caused by the forced collectivization of farms and revolutions from farmers. -
On January 30, 1933, Alfred Hindenburg swore in Hitler and his cabinet. Hitler would quickly seek to increase his power more and more. -
Night of the Long Knives, aka Operation Hummingbird, was a purge of the leaders of the German military, namely Ernst Rohm, that would allow Hitler to have full control over the armed forces. -
The Nuremburg laws were a set of laws stripping rights and citizenship from Jews and encouraging discrimination towards Jews. -
The invasion of Ethiopia was the result of a border dispute involving Ethiopia and a fort Italy had built on what Ethiopia claimed was their land. -
The Greta Purge was a [period of Stalin's rule where he frequently executed anyone from peasants to military leaders to communist politicians for suspicion of sabotage and treason. -
The Spanish Civil war was a war between the Nationalists and the Republicans which resulted in a Nationalist victory and a Fascist Spain and the appointment of Francisco Franco as dictator. -
The rape of Nanking was a mass murder and mass rape by Imperial Japan against the Chinese residents of Nanjing. This showed that Japan was ruthless and did not follow the rules of war. -
On November 9-10 of 1938, SA paramilitary troops and German citizens would loot, ransack and destroy Jewish businesses, schools, synagogues and hospitals. -
On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union both invaded Poland after signing a non-aggression pact and agreeing to split Poland between the two. This is often marked as the beginning of the Second World War. -
On December 7, 1941, Imperial Japan bombed the naval base at Pearl Harbor. This would sink 4 battleships and damage 4 other battleships. The United States would declare war on Japan and Germany the next day.