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Established a totalitarian regime in Italy, where unemployment and inflation produced bitter strikes. The upper-class demanded stronger leadership, so Mussolini took advantage of the situation.
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After Lenin died in 1924, Joseph Stalin took over the country. He focused on creating a communist state. he made industrial and agricultural growth the prime economic goals of the Soviet Union. Stalin abolished all privately owned farms and replaced them with farms owned by the government.
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Hitler's basic beliefs that Nazism that became the plan of action for the Nazi party.
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The Japanese military launched a surprise attack on the Chinese providence Manchuria in 1931. Within several months, they controlled the entire providence.
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Hitler's private army. Many of the people who joined were out of work, and this was an outlet for them.
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The third German Empire, in which Hitler claimed it would last for a thousand years.
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In 1935, Hitler started to build up the German military in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Mussolini began building his Roman Empire, and his first target was Ethiopia, one of Africa's last remaining independentcountries
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Hitler invades the Rhineland, which is an area of land that borders France, Belgium, and was demilitarized after the Treaty of Versailles.
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Spanish army general that rebelled against the Spanish Republic.
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German and Italian dictators formed an alliance.
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German troops marched to Austria unopposed. One day later Hitler announced the union with Austria.
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On eagerness to avoid war, Germany annexed Sudetenland without a single shot being fired.
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Tension rose over Poland, surprisingly Stalin agreed to the signing pf the Nonaggression Pact. Germany and Russia agreed to never attack each other.
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Newest military strategy, also called lightning warfare, made us of tanks and powerful aircraft to overwhelm the enemy force
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Two days after the invasion of Poland, France and Britain declare war on Germany
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French and British troops on the Maginot Line set up a system of fortifications that had Germany sitting back waiting for an attack.
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Hitler launched a surprise invasion on Denmark Nd Norway, claiming to protect their freedom, but to set up military bases there.
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After invading Denmark and Norway, Hitler turned to the Netherlands and had them overrun in a month
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Germany attacks France as they flee to Dunkirk on the French side of the English Channel. In one week 330,000 British and French soldiers use makeshift vessels to cross over to Britain. Italy attacks from the South as the Germans close in on Paris. German controlled the northern part of France while Marshal Philippe Petain would be in control if the puppet government of Vichy France
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Head of the puppet government that was set up in Vichy France
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Lent or lease arms or other supplies to any country whose defense was vital to the united States
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Japanese dive bombers swooped down to attack Pearl Harbor, the largest U.S naval base, bringing us into the war
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor Germany attacked the United States on the east coast to prevent material to get to Britain and the Soviet Union
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The Allies responded to the attacking in the Atlantic by sending cargo ships with convoys for protection.
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Confined 1,444 Japanese Americans that lived in Hawaii
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A man sued the United States government for putting Japanese people in camps, but the supreme court ruled that it was constitutional because it was needed to keep the American people safe
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Germany attacked Soviet Russia, but because of the cold winters were stopped outside of Leningrad and Moscow. After winter the German Air-force bombed Stalingrad,and Stalin ordered his men to defend the city no matter what. The Germans were just about to conquer the city when another winter hit and the Soviets took the advantage
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Operation Torch was the invasion of Axis-Controlled north Africa
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Before the battle of North Africa was won, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Casablanca to discuss the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers
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Women volunteers would serve in non-combat positions in the military
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The project that created the atomic bomb
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Fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods, and rationed foods
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Decided which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production and allocated raw materials to key industries
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Germany tried to defeat the allied powers in Italy and were able to hold them out up until the point of their collapse.
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First day of the invasion where the United States and Britain attacked France in order to gain control
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Germany drove 60 miles into Allied territory attempting split the United States and Britain. It lasted a month and in the end Germany retreated from their losses
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The day that the Third Reich claimed unconditional surrender and the war in Europe was finally over
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In is underground headquarters in Berlin, Hitler committed suicide with his wife Eva Braun
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The president had a stroke and died, and Harry S, Truman became the 33rd President
