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Stalin becomes dictator of USSR
He served the soviet union after the death of Lenin, using techniques to destroy his opponents. He aimed to spread communism across the world and to build a country economically and militarily. -
Mussolini’s March on Rome
The March on Rome was an organized mass demonstration in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. It outlined what would have been his plan for war. -
1st “five year plan” in USSR
Implemented by Joseph Stalin, concentrated on developing heavy industry and collectivizing agriculture, at the cost of a drastic fall in consumer goods. -
Japan invades Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Holodomor
It Means death by hunger, killing by hunger, killing by starvation, or sometimes murder by hunger or starvation. It was used to build socialism and it brought agriculture under control -
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. He used this to carry out his future plans for Germany. -
“Night of the Long Knives” in Germany
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. -
Nuremberg Laws enacted
Antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany on 15 September 1935, at a special meeting of the Reichstag convened during the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party. It identified many more jews. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Rejecting all arbitration offers, the Italians invaded Ethiopia on October 3, 1935. In response to Ethiopian appeals, the League of Nations condemned the Italian invasion in 1935 and voted to impose economic sanctions on the aggressor. This caused tension between them and the Italians. -
The Great Purge and gulags
The Great Purge, also known as the “Great Terror,” 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. -
Spanish civil war
A civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic. The outcome of the Spanish Civil War altered the balance of power in Europe, and tested the military power of Germany and Italy. -
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. It caused tension among countries. -
Kristallnacht
Pogrom against Jews carried out by SA paramilitary forces and civilians throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938. Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. -
Nazi Germany invades Poland
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
Surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. It was this attack that forced the United States to enter World War II.