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Rise of Fascism and Nazism
*Nazism- the body of political and economic doctrines held and put into effect by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to 1945 including the totalitarian principle of government, predominance of especially Germanic groups assumed to be racially superior, and supremacy of the führer.
*Fascism- an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. -
Neutrality Act
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a document stating that the United States was to remain neutral in World War II. -
Germany's expansion and annexation of Austria
German troops began to march into Austria and have it as their own. -
Signing of the Non-Aggression Pact
A pact signed by Germany and the U.S.S.R. which helped Germany to invade Poland without being opposed, and also set up how Europe would be divided between Germany and the U.S.S.R. -
Transition of the U.S. Homefront to War Production
U.S. Citizens changed their way of thinking from a farm like country to the mass production of war. -
Blitzkrieg Attack on Poland
An attack on Poland by German forces to gain Poland as a place for German soldiers to stay during the time of the war. -
Battle of Britain
An air battle betwenn Britain and German Forces that ended up being a British victory. -
Lend-Lease Act
An Act that allowed the United States to aid other foreign nations in the efforts of World War II. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Battle of Midway
A decisive air battle from the United States on Japan which allowed the Allied Powers to take an offensive postion in World War II. -
Invasion of Africa by Eisenhower
Invasion by General Eisenhower so that the allied troops could better attack the enemy. -
Battle of Stalingrad
A succesful attack on the German city of Stalingrad. Had one of the most casualities ever in history. -
D-Day
An effort by the Western Allied forces to attack the mainland of Europe in Normandy to retake it from the Nazis -
Liberation of Madjdanek
The liberation of the concentration camp of Madjdanek by the Soviet forces. Journalists were invited in for the rest of the world to see the horrors of the concentration camps. -
The Battle of the Bulge
An attemp from the German army to puch back the Western Allied forces -
Battle of Iwo Jima
An attack of 110,000 American soldiers against an army of 23,000 Japanese soldiers which resulted in an American victory on the island of Iwo Jima -
Battle of Okinawa
Last and largest of the battles for the Pacific Islands between the Allied Powers and Japan resulting in an Allied Power victory -
V-E Day
A celebration of the defeat of the German army in Europe celebrated by Great Britain and the United States -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
When the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in an effort to end World War II -
V-J Day
Celebrated as the surrender of Japan to the Allied Nations in World War II after the two atom bombs had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
