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Treaty of Versailles
Treaty negotiated between Allied powers, reassigned German boundaries and assigned liability for reparations. -
Invasion of Manchuria
Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Nazi’s rise to power
In the 1932 elections, the Nazis 33 percent of the votes. -
Neutrality Acts
Series of laws designed to prevent the U.S. from being involved in a foreign war by stating the terms of United States neutrality. -
Italy invades Ethiopia
Armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia’s oppression to Italian rule. -
Rome-Berlin Axis Pact
Alliance between Italy and Germany. -
Anti-Comintern Pact
Anti-communist agreement concluded first between Germany and Japan and then between Italy, Germany, and Japan. Then directed against the Communist International (Comintern), specifically against the Soviet Union. -
Munich Conference
Settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia. -
Policy of Appeasement
Britain’s policy, to allow Hitler to expand territory unchecked. -
Non Aggression Pact
Europe-enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. -
Armistice
Germany forced France to sign an agreement to end fighting against them in World War Two. -
Tripartite Pact
The Axis powers are formed as Germany, Italy and Japan become allies with signing of the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. -
Lend Lease Act
Principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War ll. -
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg means “lightning war”. It was a military technique used by the German army when they advanced through Russia. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.
