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Adolf Hitler rises to power in Germany
Hitler proved to be such a powerful public speaker and organizer that he quickly became the party leader. Calling himself Der Fuhrer "the leader" he promised to bring Germany out of chaos. -
Benito Mussolini's fascist government in Italy
Fascism stressed nationalism and placed the interest of the state above those of individuals. to strengthen the nation, Fascists argued, power must rest with a single strong leader and a small group of devoted party members. -
Japanease Invasion of Ethopia
Ignoring the protest of more modern Japanease officials, the militarists launched a surprise attack and seized control of the chineas province of Machuria in 1931. Within several months, Japanese troops controlled the entire province, a large region about twice the size of Texas, that was rich in natural resources. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The militarists launched a surprises attack and seized control of the Chinese providence in Manchuria in 1931. Within months Japanese took control over the entire providence, a region twice the size of texas the was rich in natural resources. -
Mein Kampf
One of the Nazis' aims, as Hitler wrote on Mein Kampf, was "secure for the German people the land and soil to which they are entitled on this earth," even of this could be accomplished only by "the might of a victorious sword." -
Storm Troopers
Germany's economy was hard hit. Some six million German's were unemployed. Many men who were out of work joined Hitler's private army, the storm troopers -
Third Reich
Hitler was appointed Prime Minister. Once in power Hitler quickly dismantled Germany's democratic Weimer Republic. In its place he established the Third Teich ot the third German empire. The Third reich would be a "thousand-year reich" it would last for thousands of years. -
Hitler Military Buid Up In Germany
In 1933 Hitler pulled out Germany of the league of nations. In 1935 he began a military build up in violation of the Treaty of Versaills. -
Mussolini's invasion of Etheopia
Tens of thousands of Italian soldiers stood ready to advance on Ethiopia. The League Of Nations reacted with brave talk of "collective resistance to all acts of unprovoked aggression." -
Hitler Invades Rhineland
He sent troops into the Rhineland, a German region bordering France and Belgium that was Demilitarized as a result of the Treaty of Versaills. The League did nothing to stop hitler. -
Francisco Franco
leader of the spanish army Francisco Franco, rebelled against he Spanish republic. Revolts broke out all over spaim and Spanish civil war began. -
Nonaggression pact
Everone was surprised when stalin signed the Nonagression pact with Hitler. Once bitter enemies, fascist Germany and Communists Russia now committed never to attack each other. -
Hitler's Anshluss
German troops marched into Austria inopposed. A day later, Germany announced that its Anschluss with Austria was complete. The US and the rest of the world did nothing. -
Munich Agreement
The Munich agreement was signed which turned the Sudeten land over to Germany without a single shot being fired. -
Hitlers invasion on Netherlands
Hitler turned againsts the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, which were overrun bu the end of May. The Phoney war had ended. -
Joseph stalin's totalarianism government in the Soviet Union
Stalin had firmly established a totalitarian government that tried to exert complete control over its citizens. In a totalitarian state, individuals have no right, and the government suppress all opposition. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Hitler and Mussolini backed Franco's foces with troops, weapons, tanks, and fighter planes. The war Forged a close relationship between the German and Italian Dictators, who signed a formal alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis. -
Blitzkrieg
German tanks reced across the Polish countryside, spreading terror and confusion. This invasion was the first test of Germany's newest military strategy, The Blitzkrieg or lighning war -
Britian and France declare war on Germany
Two days after the terror in Poland, Britian and France declare war on Germany, -
Phoney war
The Phoney War (the English spelling is preferred over the American "phony,") was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, that was marked by a lack of major military operations by the United Kingdom and France (the Western Allies) against the German Reich on Germany's Western Front. Even though Poland was overrun in about five weeks in the German Invasion of Poland, which commenced on 1st September 1939, the Western Allies did nothing - this was the start of the Phoney War. -
Hitlers Invasion of Denmark and Norway
Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway in order "to protect freedom and independence." but in truth Hitler planned to build bases along he coasts to strike at Great Brtian. -
Germany and Italy invasion of France
The German offensive trapped almost 400,000 British and French soldiers as they fled to the beaches of Dunkirk on the French side of the English Channel. -
Marshal Philippe petain
Germans would occupy the northern part of France, and a Nazi-controlled puppet goveernment, headed by Marshal Philippe petain, would be set up at Vichy, in southern France. -
The battle of Britian
German assemble an invasion fleet along the French coast. Germany also launched an air war at the same time. The goal was to gain total control of the skies by destroying Britian's royal air force. 2,600 planes had been disposal. Bombers pounded London for two solid months. -
Pearl Harbor attack
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Battle of the Atlantic
Hitler ordered submarine raids against ships along America's east coast. The German aim in the battle of the Atlantic was to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britian and the Soviet Union. Germans had destroyed 681 Allied ships on the Atlantic. Something had to be done or the war at sea would be lost. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The 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 in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
U.S convoy system
Allied responded by organiing there cargo ships into convoys. Convoys were groups of ships that were groups of ships traveling togerther for mutal protection, as they had done in the first world war. They were escorted by destroyer's equiped with sonar to detect submarines. -
D-Day
The first day of the invasion. thousands of thousands of seaborne soldiers -
The batle of the bulge
Under cover of dense fog, eight German tank division broke through weak american defences along an 80-mile front. Hitler hoped that a victory would split American and British forces and break up allied supply line. Tanks drove 60 miles into allied territory, creating a bulge in the line that gave the deperate last ditch offensive name.
