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Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
Followed a path similar to Mussolini's. Joined a groupd now know as the NAZIS. had no ties to socialism. He was a very ppowerful speaker. -
Nonaggression pact
A non-aggression pact is a national treaty between two or more states/countries agreeing to avoid war or armed conflict between them and resolve their disputes through peaceful negotiations. Sometimes such a pact may include a pledge of avoiding armed conflict even if participants find themselves fighting third countries, including allies of one of the participants. -
Mein Kamp
Hitler's personal diary about his experiences.basic princible of Nazi's. -
Benito Mussolini's fascist government in Italy
MUssilini made a facist Goc that stressed nationals and intrest the state above individuals. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
japanese took control of the Chinese providence of Manchuria. -
Storm troopers
were specialist soldiers of the German Army in World War I. In the last years of the war, Stoßtruppen were trained to fight with "infiltration tactics", part of the Germans' new method of attack on enemy trenches -
Third Reich
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Hitler's military build-up in Germany
Builds up his Army for total domination, as a resistance to teh Treaty of Versalies. -
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
Beang building hsi new Roamn empire by taking over Etheopia. HE was being taken over the LEague of Nations. -
Hitler invades the Rhineland
Hitlet sent troops into RhienLand, Bordering France adn Britain. -
Francisco Franco
General fo teh spanish army, rebeled against teh spanish republic. -
Hitler's Anschluss
was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938. -
Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign[4][5] in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. -
Phony war
The Phoney War was a phase early in World War II that was marked by a lack of major military operations by the Western Allies, against the German Reich. -
Joseph Stalin's totalitarian government in the Soviet Union
He tried to exert complete control over its citizens. In a totalitarian state, individuals have no rights, and the government sippresses all opposition. -
Unconditional surrender
is a surrender without conditions, in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering party. In modern times unconditional surrenders most often include guarantees provided by international law. -
Hitler's invasion of Denmark and Norway
Hitler lauinched a surprise invasion of Denmark adn Norway in order to protect those countries freedom adn independence. -
Hitler's invasion of the Netherlands
Hitler decided to invate teh Neatherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg after the invasion of Denmark and Norway. -
Germany and Italy's invasion of France
Hitler joined italy with teh invation of France. -
Marshal Philippe Petain
In March 1939 Pétain became the French ambassador to Spain. When World War II began in September Pétain turned down Daladier's offer to join his government, perhaps to permit him to take power if a disaster occurred. Such an event occurred in May 1940, after Germany invaded France; Pétain joined the new government of Paul Reynaud on 18 May. -
The Battle of Britain
the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. -
Pearl Harbor attack
The attack on Pearl Harbor[nb 4] was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 -
Battle of Stalingrad
was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
U.S. convoy system
US made ships into convoys so they would travel together. -
Operation Torch
was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942. -
Bloody Anzio
was an Allied amphibious landing in the Italian Campaign against German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Rome-Berlin Axis, Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany. An agreement formulated by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries was reached on October 25, 1936. -
Harry S. Truman
Under Truman, the U.S. successfully concluded World War II; in the aftermath of the conflict, tensions with the Soviet Union increased, marking the start of the Cold War. -
Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin. -
V-E Day
was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 -
Blitzkrieg
describing a method of warfare whereby an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorized or mechanized infantry formations, and heavily backed up by close air support -
The Battle of the Bulge
was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.
