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Joseph Stalin's totalitarian govt in SU
Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign. -
Benito Mussolini's fascist govt in Italy
He was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista; PNF), ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943. -
Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
This political party was formed and developed during the post-World War I era. It was anti-Marxist and opposed to the democratic post-war government of the Weimar Republic and the Treaty of Versailles. -
Mein Kampf
It is a 1925 autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work outlines Hitler's political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
Storm troopers
Stormtroopers were specialist soldiers of the German Army in World War I. "Shock troops" or "Thrust Troops" were trained to fight with "infiltration tactics", part of the Germans' new method of attack on enemy trenches. -
Third Reich
Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945 -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
It began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Hitler's military build-up in Germany
It was an era of rearmament in Germany during the interwar period (1918-1939), in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Hitler invades the Rhineland
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany. -
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war that started in October 1935. -
Francisco Franco
he was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a military dictator for 36 years from 1939 until his death. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
The Rome-Berlin Axis is a 1949 book, It is a study of the Axis alliance of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany with particular emphasis on the relationship between Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. -
Hitler's Anschluss
Hitler wanted all German-speaking nations in Europe to be a part of Germany. To this end, he had designs on re-uniting Germany with his native homeland, Austria. -
Munich Agreement
It was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited. -
Nonaggression pact
The 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, which lasted until the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. -
Blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago. At 1115 BST the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, -
Phony war
The Phoney War was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front. -
Hitler's invasion of Denmark and Norway
Germany invaded Denmark and Norway, ostensibly as a preventive manoeuvre against a planned, and openly discussed, Franco-British occupation of Norway. -
Hitler's invasion of the Netherlands
The Battle of the Netherlands was part of Case Yellow, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France during World War II. -
Germany and Italy's invasion of France
It was the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France. -
Marshal Philippe Petain
Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain, generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain, was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France. -
The battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force -
Pearl Harbor attack
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. -
Internment
internment of all Japanese Americans from the West Coast--where the majority of Japanese Americans lived, outside of Hawaii. -
Korematsu v. US
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. -
US convoy system
A group of merchantmen or troopships traveling together with a naval escort—was revived during World War I, after having been discarded at the start of the Age of Steam. -
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. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign -
Unconditional surrender
An unconditional surrender is a surrender in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering party. In modern times, unconditional surrenders most often include guarantees provided by international law. -
Bloody Anzio
The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place from January 22, 1944. -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
The Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, a major German offensive is launched against the Allies in the Ardennes Mountains region on the Western Front. -
Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II -
Lend-Lease Act
Military aid to Britain was greatly facilitated by the Lend-Lease Act of March 11, 1941, in which Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies -
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was an American politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States. -
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
The Women's Army Corps was the women's branch of the United States Army. It was created as an auxiliary unit. -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. -
Office of Price Administration
The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941. -
War Productions Board
The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II.
