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In April of 1922 Stalin became the dictator of the USSR. This would eventually lead to Stalin's great battle with Hitler during World War 2. -
This is what marked the beginning of a fascist ruling. -
Mein Kampf was Hitlers autobiography. In it he wrote about why he did the things he did and believed the things he did. -
The First Five Year Plan was created to initiate rapid and large-scale industrialization across the USSR. -
Japan invading Manchuria was a sign that Japan planned on doing much more than getting resources. They also wanted power and control. That meant they would have no problem attacking the biggest countries such as Britain and the US.
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Holodomor can best be described as a man-made famine that nearly decimated the Soviet Republic of Ukraine from the years of 1932 to 1934. -
When Hitler was appointed as chancellor as Germany it provided him with the power he needed for him to commit the actions that he did and affect his people how he wanted to affect them. -
This could basically be known as a "purge" against the Jewish. Germans and Nazis went around basically killing any Jews that they wished to kill and the government seemed to do absolutely nothing about it.
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These laws were enacted so that Hitler had more power against Jews. He could basically do whatever he wished to them at this point, and because he was chancellor and had enacted these laws there was nothing stopping him.
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On this date the Italians invaded Ethiopia.
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This is when Jews were gathered from Germany and they were sent into tiny towns with horrible conditions known as "Ghettos".
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This was a war fought in Spain between 1936 and 1939. It was basically one big political battle.
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An episode of mass murder and mass rape committed against the residents of Nanjing by the Japanese. -
During this night Jewish shops, synagogues, and homes were vandalized and it was basically known as legal to the government because they did absolutely nothing about it.
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This showed that Hitler had no problem backstabbing people if it meant his own success. The Soviet Union should have taken this as a sign to never trust Hitler.
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The US should have taken the invasion of Manchuria as a sign that Japan wasn't afraid of attacking large nations. The US was caught by surprise when Japan bombed a US naval fleet in an attempt to deplete the United State's oil resources. Japan was successful on the mission but it would lead to the overall surrender and retreat of Japan.
