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The Russian Revolution
Led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Uninon. -
Joseph Stalin
Lead the Soviet Union. Had a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany. -
Benito Mussolini
Leader of Italy. Preached extreme nationalism. Anti-communist. -
Vladimir Lenin
Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. -
Franklin Roosevelt
Leaded the United States during a time of world economic depression and total war. -
Adolf Hitler
Formed his own brand of fascism known Nazism. Anti-communist. Turned Germany into totalitarian state. -
Germany moving troops into the Rhineland
This was directly against the Treaty of Versailles that had laid out the terms which the defeated Germany had accepted. This was Hitler’s first illegal act in foreign relations after coming to power in 1933. -
Neville Chamberlain
Known for his appeasement foreign policy. Signed Munich Agreement in 1938. -
Germany annexation of Austria
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. -
Germany claims the Sudentenland
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Germany invasion of Czechoslovakia
sealed Czechoslovakia fateand handed it over to Germany for peace. -
German invasion of Poland to start WWII
1.5 million German troops invade Poland. Bombed Polish Airfields and Naval Forces. -
Winston Churchill
Was a officer in the British Army. He won a Nobel Prize in literature. -
The Munich conference (appeasement)
Sealed the fate of Czechoslovakia by giving Germany the power. In return Britain and Chamberlain would agree that the meeting was a “peace in our time". -
The United states entrance into WWII
Japanese did a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The next day President Franklin Roosevelt declared war against Japan. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese attacked Air Force base, Army and American Naval Ships. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Lasted 5 months, 1 week and 1 day. Japanese had victory. Japan invade Munchuria also following the Mukden Incident.
