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Vladimir Lenin
"In September 1917, Kornilov ordered his troops to march on Petrograd. He wanted to take control of the Provisional Government and destroy the Petrograd Soviet. The leaders of the Provisional Government had to ask the Bolsheviks' Red Guards to help them defend Petrograd (google). -
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Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign. Born into poverty, Stalin became involved in revolutionary politics, as well as criminal activities, as a young man. After Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) died, (history) -
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945 (google) -
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World War 1
World War I, also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -
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World War 1
The simplest answer is that the immediate cause was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke of Austria-Hungary. His death at the hands of Gavrilo Princip – a Serbian nationalist with ties to the secretive military group known as the Black Hand – propelled the major European military powers towards war -
Lenin returns to russia
On April 16, 1917, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the revolutionary Bolshevik Party, returns to Petrograd after a decade of exile to take the reins of the Russian Revolution. -
Treaty of Versailles
"The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand" -
Joseph leader
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953 -
Jospeh was a dictator
Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. -
Lenin health
On March 10, 1923, Lenin’s health was dealt another severe blow when he suffered an additional stroke, this one taking away his ability to speak and concluding his political work -
hitler had a meeting
On November 8, 1923, Hitler and the SA stormed a public meeting of 3,000 people at a large beer hall in Munich. -
VLadmir lenin found the commusint party
Vladimir Lenin was founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and architect and first head of the Soviet state. -
Joseph takes control
After Lenin's death, in 1924, Stalin set out to destroy the old party leadership and take total control. -
Hitler wrote a book
A biography of Adolf Hitler from his solitary boyhood in Austria to his bizarre death in Berlin. -
Hitler became leader
Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. -
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World War 2
"The two dates most often mentioned as "the beginning of World War II" are July 7, 1937, when the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident" led to a prolonged war between Japan and China, and September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazi state in retaliation."
