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Armistice
On November 11, 1918 the Allies and Germany formally signed a peace agreement ending their war. The fight was over. Armistice means "a cessation of hostilities as a prelude to peace negotiations." -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles ended the state war between Germany and the Allied Powers. The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One. -
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Invasion of Manchuria
Manchurian Event, was a staged event designed and made by Japanese military personnel as a fake reason for the Japanese sudden, unwanted entry into a place in 1931 of northeastern China, known as Manchuria. -
Nazi's Rise to Power
Hitler and the Nazis gained power on January 30th, 1933. By March that year, Hitler had all the power over the country. The Nazis developed from a small unimportant party into the party that gained total power to change the face of German politics and community of good people. -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini, the person who strongly believes in a powerful central government, leader of Italy, had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German land areas owned by buying all territories about Germany. Mussolini followed this policy when he suddenly entered a place in an unwanted way, Ethiopia, the African country located on the horn of Africa. -
Rome Berlin Axis Pact
The Rome Berlin Axis Pact was an agreement created by Italy's foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano, informally linking the two powerful countries. -
Anti-Comitern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Agreement was an anti-communist agreement that ended the Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. -
Neutrality Acts
The Neutrality Acts were passed to limit involvement in future wars. -
Policy of Appeasement
The Policy of Appeasement is a political big picture to improve relationships with people. This is a policy of making political or material givebacks to an enemy power in order to avoid conflict. The term is most often applied to the foreign policy of the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain towards Nazi Germany between 1937 and 1939. -
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Munich Conference
The Munich Conference came as a result of a long series of back and forth conversations to agree on something. "Adolf Hitler had demanded the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia." -
Non Aggression Pact
The Nonaggression Pact stated "in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years." -
Germany Invades Poland
German forces bombed Poland on land and from the air. Adolf Hitler wants to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. Now, World War II had begun. -
Tripartite Pact
The Tripartite Pact provided assistance if any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war. -
Lend Lease Act
The Lend Lease act was meant to provide the U.S military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack was a surprise.
