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Storm troopers
they were german troops and there tactics are still used today -
U.S. convoy system
was a group of merchantmen or troopships travelling together with a naval escor -
Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
Hitler was a powerful and loud speaker he attracted germans that needed help -
Joseph Stalin's
Stalin led the Soviet Union through its post-war reconstruction phase, which saw a significant rise in tension with the Western world that would later be known as the Cold War. -
Mein Kampf
Hitler started writing this book and he became obessed with it so he made more volumes -
Benito Mussolini's fascist government in Italy
within five years he created a legal and extraordinary means -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Third Reich
it was a parliamentary democracy created by the germans -
Hitler's military build-up in Germany
In 1933, Hitler ordered his army generals to prepare to treble the size of the army to 300,000 men -
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
the war is best remembered for exposing the weakness of the League of Nations -
Hitler invades the Rhineland
Hitler told his troops to re enter rhineland which broke the terms of Versailles once again -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany -
Hitler's Anschluss
The Anschluss was among the steps of Adolf Hitler's creation of a Greater German Reich which was to include all ethnic German and all the lands and territories which the German Empire had lost after World War I -
Nonaggression pact
non-aggression pact depends on the good faith of the parties -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, from 1939 to beat the Germans in 1945 -
Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia -
Hitler's invasion of Denmark and Norway
he German invasion of Denmark was the fighting that followed the German army crossing the Danish border on 9 April 1940 by land, sea and air -
Phony war
it was a early phase in wwII marked by a lack of major military operations by the Western Allies -
Hitler's invasion of the Netherlands
Nethrlands wished not to fight but hitler did not care , but the fight did not last that long -
Germany and Italy's invasion of France
was a small-scale invasion that started near the end of the Battle of France during World War II. -
The Battle of Britain
erman Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940 -
Pearl Harbor attack
It was a suprise military air strike by the japanese on pearl harbor hawaii. -
Operation Torch
was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War -
Blitzkrieg
it was a big tank with a lot of armor and guns -
Battle of Stalingrad
was a major battle of World War II were Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
Bloody Anzio
was an Allied amphibious landing in the Italian Campaign against German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy. -
D-Day
they also call it Normandy landings but this is the day the germans were taken out -
Marshal Philippe Petain
was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France -
The Battle of the Bulge
was a major German campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium -
Harry S. Truman
was the 33rd President of the United States -
Death of Hitler
committed suicide by gunshot -
Unconditional surrender
the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union took place in late April and early May 1945. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, the germans surrender -
Francisco Franco
was a Spanish military leader who ruled as the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death