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The outcome of Mussolini's March on Rome was collapsing the liberal government of Italy and it led to this appointment of Mussolini as Prime Minastor. This resulted in a totalitarian reign in Italy. -
Mein Kamph was a book that was written by Hitler in jail. Hitler was put in jail for a failed coup. Hitler's purpose in writing it was to outline his life as political prophecy as well as explaining his Core Ideology. -
The First Five Year Plan for the USSR was aimed to industrialize the USSR and transform the Soviet Union into a major superpower. -
Stalin became the dictator of the USSR by outmaneuvering his political rivals, and getting rid of his competition. This was significant because he turned the USSR into a military superpower, at the cost of many lives. -
Japan invading Manchuria happened because of natural resources to fuel Japan's industrial growth, imperial expansion, and Militarist control. -
The Holdomor was a man-made famine in Ukraine. IT lasted one year. It caused the deaths of many Ukrainian people. It was caused by Stalin in order to break Ukrainian nationalism. -
Hitler was appointed Chancellor because of his rising in ranks in the Nazi party. Hitler rising to the high role eventually lead to the Holocaust. -
The Night of the Long Knives was an event when Hitler commanded his Nazi regime to consolidate his power and eliminate his political opponents. The purpose was to keep his power up and stay the highest and mightiest. -
The Nuremburg Laws were two racist laws passed by Nazi Germany. The laws included only pure German citizens can be part of the riche, and that a German and a Jew cannot get married. The laws set up the framework for systematic descrimination and furthered the Holocaust. -
The Italian invasion of Ethiopia was one of the first events that caused the second Italo-Ethiopian war. Mussolini wanted a larger empire under his fascist regime. The significance of the Italian Invasion of Ethiopia. It was a prelude to WW2 and it exposed the League of Nations' Weakness. -
The Spanish Civil War was faught between the nationalists and the democratic government of Spain. It was significant because it was a testing ground for fascist military tactics and ideals. The war lead to a dictatorship under Franco. -
Like Hitler, Stalin wanted to consolidate his power by eliminating political rivals and opposition. Hitler did this by the Night of the Long Knives, Stalin did this by The Great Purge and running Gulags. Oppositions to Stalin's power were sent to the Gulags, which were labor camps. -
The Rape of Nanking was an event where Japanese Imperial Army Forces captured the city of Nanjing, which was part of their goal to attack China. -
The Night of Broken Glass, also known as Kristallnacht was a hate crime the Nazi's lead over Jewish people. That night, Nazi forces threw stones, shot at, and broke Jewish buildings, even killing a few. Kristallnacht was a precursor to the Holocaust and one of the first major events that started the Holocaust out. -
Nazi Germany Invading Poland started WW2. They invaded Poland because Hitler wanted to expand Germany and overturn the Treaty of Versailles. -
Japan bombing Pearl Harbor, a U.S Military base in Hawaii, led the U.S into WW2, a war that, once again, they tried to avoid. America going into WW2 further increased the chances that the Allied Powers would win.