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The Italian Dictator
Benito Mussolini ruled with Fascism. During the 1920 and 30's, political and economical issues allowed dictatorships to begin in Germany, Italy,Russia, and Japan ... Hitler was made chancellor of Germany 1933. -
Japan invades North China from Manchuria (related to attack on pearl harbor)
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 19 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. ... Their occupation lasted until the Soviet Union and Mongolia launched the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation in 1945. -
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Hitler's Control
Nazi Germany is the common English name for Germany between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party (NSDAP) controlled the country through a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state that controlled nearly all aspects of life via the Gleichschaltung legal process. -
The Anschluss = Germany taking over Austria
Germany troops march into Austria to annex the German- speaking nation for the 3rd Reich. In early 1938, Austrian Nazis conspired for the 2nd time in 4 years to seize the Austrian government by force and unite their nation with Nazi Germany. -
Neutrality Act
After a fierce debate in Congress, in November of 1939, a final Neutrality Act passed. This Act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” The ban on loans remained in effect, and American ships were barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports. -
Invasion Of Poland
Known in Poland as the September Campaign or the 1939 Defensive war, and Germany as the Poland Campaign was an invasion of Poland by Germany that marked the beginning of World War 2. -
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World war 2
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. -
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Fall of France
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War -
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces -
Japanese Aggresion
The invasion began what would become known as the second Sino- Japanese War, which after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 would merge into the greater conflict of ww2 as a major front of what is broadly known as the pacific war. -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust, also referred to as the Shoah, was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945 -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Bataan Death March
A challenging march through the high dessert terrain of the white sands missile range. The memorial march is conducted in honor of the heroic service members who defended the Phiilippine Islands during ww2, sacrificing their freedom, health, and, in many cases, their very lives. -
Battle of Midway Island
World War 2 naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which united states destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad, (July 17, 1942–February 2, 1943), successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russia, U.S.S.R., during World War II. ... It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the Allies. -
D-day
Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi ... -
Yalta Conference
The February 1945 Yalta Conference was the second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the conference, the three leaders agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world. -
V-E Day
The day (may 8) marking the allied victory in Europe in 1945. -
Atomic Bomb
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The United States dropped the bombs after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement -
Three mile Island (related to atomic bomb)
The Three Mile Island accident occurred on March 28, 1979, in reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. It was the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history
