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Mussolini's March on Rome
Mussolini formed a new government after his coup d'etat. -
Stalin becomes the USSR dictator
After Vladimir Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin stepped in and pick up his position. Once Stalin took office he implemented the Five Year Plan is order to reach his month strove to increase industrialization -
HItler writes Mein Kampf
This philosophical autobiography was a blueprint for his plans for Germany and Europe as a whole. -
1st "Five Year Plan" in USSR
Created in order to initiate rapid and large-scale industrialization across the USSR. This plan contributed to the Holodomor when he started collectivizing agricultrue. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japan had invaded Manchuria without declarations of war, breaching the rules of the League of Nations. Japan had a highly developed industry, but the land was scarce of natural resources. Japan turned to Manchuria for oil, rubber, and lumber in order to make up for the lack of resources in Japan. -
Holodomor
The Holodomor was a man-made famine and is considered to be a crime against humanity and genocide. Stalin decided to collectivize agriculture in 1929 -
Hitler appointed chancelor of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg makes Hitler the leader of the Nazi party. This was the turning point for Germany where Hitlers popularity and ideals would be put into place and give him the power to act on it. -
"Night of the Long Knives" in Germany
This was a purge that got rid of Nazi leaders and anyone deemed an enemy of Hitler. This established Hitler as the supreme administrator of justice of the German people. -
Nuremberg laws enacted
The Nuremberg Race Laws were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany and consisted of two pieces of legislation: the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor. -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
An armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia's subjection to Italian rule. ... A border incident between Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland that December gave Benito Mussolini an excuse to intervene. The aim of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian national prestige -
Spanish civil war
The main cause of the Spanish Civil War was the failure of Spanish democracy. This was because there was a refusal by the Spanish parties and groups to compromise and respect democratic norms. -
The Rape of Nanking
The capital of China Nanking fell to Japanese forces and after the fact Japanese forces destroyed the capital and attacked its residents. -
kristallnacht
The program against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung paramilitary forces along with civilians throughout Nazi Germany. They torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews -
Nazi Germany Invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. The resulted in the US's entrance into the war.