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President Paul von Hidenburg named Adolf Hitler the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party as Chancellor of Germany
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Agreement concluded first between Germany and Japan (Nov. 25, 1936) and then between Italy, Germany, and Japan (Nov. 6, 1937), apparently directed against the Communist International (Comintern)
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At the annual party rally held in Nuremberg in 1935, the Nazis announced new laws
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An armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia’s subjection to Italian rule
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Anschluss is a German word that means joining
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Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia
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In which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years
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1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory
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When Germany attacked France through Belgium, within hours, Britain declared war on Germany
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Was the longest continuous battle of the Second World War
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Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King promised that only volunteers would serve overseas
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In the summer and fall of 1940, German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom
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largest German military operation of World War II
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Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii
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Japanese people had long suffered the sting of racism in Canada
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Marked the culmination of the World War II North African campaign between the British Empire and the German-Italian army
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Was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad
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Europe under German occupation, the Allied forces faced a well-entrenched enemy
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Platform to attack enemy territory in Europe and help divert German resources from the Eastern Front
