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World war 2

  • Storm troopers

    Storm troopers
    they were german troops and there tactics are still used today
  • U.S. convoy system

     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

    Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
    Hitler was a powerful and loud speaker he attracted germans that needed help
  • Joseph Stalin's

    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

    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

    Benito Mussolini's fascist government in Italy
    within five years he created a legal and extraordinary means
  • Japanese invasion of Manchuria

    Japanese invasion of Manchuria
    Manchuria was invaded by the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan immediately following the Mukden Incident.
  • Third Reich

    Third Reich
    it was a parliamentary democracy created by the germans
  • Hitler's military build-up in Germany

    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

     Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
    the war is best remembered for exposing the weakness of the League of Nations
  • Hitler invades the Rhineland

    Hitler invades the Rhineland
    Hitler told his troops to re enter rhineland which broke the terms of Versailles once again
  • Rome-Berlin Axis

    Rome-Berlin Axis
    Coalition formed in 1936 between Italy and Germany
  • Hitler's Anschluss

     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

     Nonaggression pact
    non-aggression pact depends on the good faith of the parties
  • Britain and France declare war on Germany

    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

     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

    Munich Agreement
    The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia
  • Hitler's invasion of Denmark and Norway

    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

    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

     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

    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

    The Battle of Britain
    erman Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940
  • Pearl Harbor attack

     Pearl Harbor attack
    It was a suprise military air strike by the japanese on pearl harbor hawaii.
  • Operation Torch

     Operation Torch
    was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War
  • Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg
    it was a big tank with a lot of armor and guns
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    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

     Bloody Anzio
    was an Allied amphibious landing in the Italian Campaign against German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    they also call it Normandy landings but this is the day the germans were taken out
  • Marshal Philippe Petain

     Marshal Philippe Petain
    was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France
  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge
    was a major German campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium
  • Harry S. Truman

    Harry S. Truman
    was the 33rd President of the United States
  • Death of Hitler

     Death of Hitler
    committed suicide by gunshot
  • Unconditional surrender

    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

    V-E Day
    Victory in Europe Day, the germans surrender
  • Francisco Franco

     Francisco Franco
    was a Spanish military leader who ruled as the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death