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The SA
The Stormtroopers, however never called that...They're known as the SA or Sturmabteilung, the infamous Brownshirts, which Hitler would later devastate in a power move against them. These men would be the frontline troops of National Socialism, fighting brawls against the KPD (Kommunist Partei Deutschlands) in the streets of the cities in Germany. The SA would be lead by Gruppenleiter Ernst Rohm whom would later be killed in the Night of the Long Knives. -
Mein Kampf
The ideological book of Hitler's German National Socialism, indicating his goals and other underlying ideals, such as the inferiority of the Jewish/Slavic races. With this book he would woo over millions of on the fence Germans, and he'd use this to justify his invasion of the East. -
Joseph Stalins Totalitarian Government in USSR
Joseph Stalin takes over after the death of Founding Bolshevik Vladimir Lenin. He sets up a system of informants into the nation and instills a sense of fear. All disidents are arrested and or killed. With this he begins a ruthless crack down on business owners and kulaks. -
Third Reich
The Third Reich ! Essentially the third grand kingdom. The first Reich was known as the Holy Roman Empire, the 2nd Reich was the Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II, and now the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party. The Nazi's envisioned the rule of the 3rd Reich for 1,000 years, however it only lasted 12. The Reich would include all of Europe, north Africa, most of European Russia and North America. -
Adolf Hitlers Rise to Power
Adolf Hitler, after a failed coup de etat serves prison time and then from there he uses the democratic system, and a loophole in the German constitution to get more seats in the Reichstag for the NSDAP (Nationalesozialistiche Deutsche Arbeiter Partei). From there the president Hindenburg dies and Hitler proclaims himself the Fuhrer (Leader) of Germany ushering in the short lived age of the Third Reich -
Benito Mussolini's Fascist Government in Italy
Benito Mussolini, the Great War veteran, along with his blackshirts take control of the Italian government by force of abdication on part of the king Vittori Emmanuel II. He sets up a socialist type government where the means of production are controlled by the government. Like Stalin he takes control of the state and sets up a totalitarian state of informants. -
Mussolini Invades Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini, in an effort to rebuild the Roman Empire, atleast in his vision, invaded Ethiopia by way of neighboring Italian Somaliland. They would initially fail, but only after massive investment on part of Italy would they be victorious after the use of Gas weapons initially banned by the L.N. They would also be striked by the League but again they'd do nothing -
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria was simply for resources, the Japanese empire going through growing pains needed resources and raw materials that the Iron and Copper rich Manchuria had to offer. So in a sort of false flag operation the Japanese rushed Chinese Manchuria and seized the land, under a vassal state of Manchukuo. -
Hitler's Military Buildup
So, the Reich could not build up a military because of Versailles, Hitler was against that. So what he did was build up his military enlisting millions more Germans and building Tanks (Panzer I, Panzer II and III !) along with the infamous Luftwaffe. This would be noticed by the Western Democracies however they would do nothing. -
Hitler Reclaims Rheinland
The Rheinland was the demilitarized zone between Germany and France, which was demilitarized due to French fears of another war. Hitler in an effort to reclaim what is rightful German lands, marched troops into the Rheinland with a specific order to fall back if they were fired upon by French troops. This did not happen and the Rheinland was officially under German Military administration once more. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
Hitler and Mussolini officially ally each other and begin a new era of Fascist friendship! -
Francisco Franco
Fascist General of Spain, in fear of the spread of Communism revolted against the government in Madrid and started the dread Spanish Civil War in which the Marxists and Fascists would fight. There would be floods of foreign support on part of the Americans, British, Soviets, and French on the side of the Marxists. on the other side Germany and Italy side with Franco and Germany would send in the Luftwaffe foreign legion "Condor". Franco would win and defeat the Marxists. -
Hitlers Anschluss
Well well well... the non violent takeover of Austria, Hitlers homeland. Hitler would want to unite German speaking peoples, thus Austria is the first one to go. The government in Vienna was ordered to give a referendum to the Austrian people and they did, however one day before the Germans marched in and seized control without a shot being fired. Though the referendum was met with 98.99 support of the populace. Again Britain and France did nothing. -
Munich Agreement
An 11th Hour peace conference is underway. The meeting between the British-French and the German-Italian sides that would talk over the fate of Czechoslovakia. Hitler wanted the portion of the Czech lands that was natively German, the Sudentenland, which was had a substaintial German minority. Germany pleaded with France to give this land, and Hitler gave a solemn promise not to take over any more land. Though he'd march into the rest of Czech. in the next weeks. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Ho ho, the biggest slap in the face to the Western Democracies since the Munich Agreement. Hitler and Stalin sign a mutual non-aggression treaty, wherein Germany would not invade the USSR and vice versa, with this they also chopped up Poland into occupational zones. Brigadefuhrer and Foreign Minister Joachim RIbbontrop meets with Soviet minister Viachilsav Molotov and signed the agreement, though this was a smoke screen temporarily to spite the West -
Blitzkrieg
The tactic used by the Wehrmact to defeat its enemies. Essentially they would begin with airstrikes against military targets, airfields and artillery positions, from there the German Artillery will rain hell upon those positions for a solid few hours. After that the Tanks, mixed in with Infantry would clean up any remaining forces. This is how Hitler and his intelligent generals seized most of Europe relatively quickly. They would use this against Poland. -
Britain and France declare war
Britain and France almost in tandem declared war on Germany for its invasion on Poland and Danzig. This is what Hitler and his generals, most Feldmarschall Keitel, worried about, a two front war. Similar to the Great War, they feared defeat. Though the opposite was in sight for them for the coming years. -
Phony War
The period after the invasion of Poland and before the invasion of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The British Expeditionary Force landed and was preparing a great 'defense' against the German Heer. -
Hitlers invasion of Denmark and Norway
Hitler invaded Denmark and Norway to secure his northern flank and to secure oil in southern Norway. This would also permit him to possibly attack Britain by way of Scotland should the need occur for Operation Sea Lion -
Hitler Invades Netherlands
The Netherlands has been invaded by Hitler's Third Reich, as a pretext for the Manstein plan to invade France through the Ardennes. The nation was defeated in about 2 weeks. -
Axis Invasion of France
Hitler moves through the Ardennes, where the French thought it was impenetrable. The French and British forces are trapped in Belgium and Hitler moves swiftly to Paris. Maurice Gamelin in-envertley lost the war for Germany along with this the command was put on Maxime Weygand and Marshal Petain, both of which would call for an armistice. -
Marshal Petain
Marshal Petain, the greatest French collaborator that signed an armistice and worked with Hitler to collaborate and create the state of Vichy France that worked with Germany. He'd be charged with collaboration in 1947 -
Battle of Britain
The Luftwaffe prepares a strike against Britain to defeat the RAF in the region. They'd be met with substaintial British resistance to German airpower. They'd lose and from there Britain would maintain air superiority over Europe. -
Pearl Harbour
Dec. 7 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. With this attack it crippled the American Pacific fleet surprising Americans everywhere and prompting the war against Japan -
Internment
Japanese Americans were put into internment camps due to fears of home grown attacks against the American populace. -
U.S. Convoy System
The United States sent ships over to assist Britain's war against the Germans. The convoys initialled were sunk by German U-Boats, but after some time it was stopped -
Battle of Stalingrad
The greatest military disaster for the German Army. The German army group south was stuck in Stalingrad. From there Mansteins tanks were sent over to the south instead of Moscow destroying the German capabilty to defeat Russia. With this the battle lasted nearly 2 years and having nearly 3 million total casualities. The German army was surrounded by Marshal Zhukov's forces behind the Volga river. From here Feldmarschall Paulus surrenders to Marshal Zhukov thus defeating the Germans -
Operation Torch
The Allied forces land in Morocco and in Tunisia, defeating German forces in Africa, they'd never return to Africa -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest battle of World War II. It began immediately upon the British declaration of war against Germany in September 1939 and ended with Germany's surrender to the Allies in May 1945. -
Bloody Anzio
The Battle of Anzio was an important battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place on January 22, 1944, with the Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle against the German forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion onto Western Europe, originally coined by Joseph Stalin to open a 2nd front. British, American, Canadian, Polish, Danish, French and Dutch forces have landed in France to defeated the German garrison there. They would meet substainial resistance and it would be a bloody battle. Rommel could have stopped it but he was celebrating his wife's birthday instead of telephoning Hitler to send the 2nd SS tank division. So it goes. -
Korematsu v. United States
Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler's final offensive led by Oberst-Gruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich commander of the SS forces in Western Europe. He would push into Allied Belgium but not break the line hence the name "Battle of Bulge". Along with the Standartenfuhrer der SS Joachim Peiper auf Panzergruppe (SS Colonel of the Tank Corps) was reportedly found guilty of shooting POWs in Malmedy Belgium
