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WW II Timeline

By Lauren, Watts
  • Mussolini’s March on Rome

    Mussolini’s March on Rome

    A power demonstration of where thousands of Fascist "Black shirts" converged on Rome, forcing King Victor Emmanuel III to appoint Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister.
  • Hitler writes Mein Kampf

    Hitler writes Mein Kampf

    It laid out his core political ideology, including his extreme anti-Semitism, his concept of Lebensraum (living space) for the German people, and his future plans for Germany, effectively serving as the blueprint for the Nazi Party's goals.
  • 1st “Five Year Plan” in USSR

    1st “Five Year Plan” in USSR

  • Stalin becomes dictator of USSR

    Stalin becomes dictator of USSR

  • Japan invades Manchuria

    Japan invades Manchuria

  • Holodomor

    Holodomor

  • Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany

    Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany

  • Night of the Long Knives in Germany

    Night of the Long Knives in Germany

  • Nuremberg Laws enacted

    Nuremberg Laws enacted

  • Italian invasion of Ethiopia

    Italian invasion of Ethiopia

  • Spanish Civil War

    Spanish Civil War

  • The Great Purge and gulags

    The Great Purge and gulags

  • The Rape of Nanking

    The Rape of Nanking

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

  • Nazi Germany invades Poland

    Nazi Germany invades Poland