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Joseph Stalin
He was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. -
Benito Mussolini
He was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922. -
Adolf Hitler
was an Austrian-born German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 effective dictator of Nazi Germany, Hitler was at the centre of World War II in Europe, and the Holocaust. -
Italy's conquest of Ethiopia
This was a colonial war that started in October 1935 and ended in May 1936. The war was fought between Italy and Ethiopia. -
Spanish Civil War
This was a civil war fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratic Spanish Republic, and the Nationalists, a rebel group led by General Francisco Franco. -
Annexing of Austria
This was the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. At the time of the event, and until the German orthography reform of 1996. -
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
On August 23, 1939 shortly before World War II broke out in Europe enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Invasion of Poland
It was a joint invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. -
Battle of Britain
This is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during 1940. The Battle of Britain was the first campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. -
Hideki Tojo
He was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
It was a surprise attack conducted by the Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, on the morning of December 7, 1941. -
Battle of Midway
This was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This 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 of Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
D-Day
These were the landing operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. This was also the largest seaborne invasion in history -
Battle of The Bulge
This was a campaign launched through Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Death of Roosevelt
On the afternoon of April 12, Roosevelt said, "I have a terrific pain in the back of my head. The president's attending cardiologist, Dr. Howard Bruenn, diagnosed a massive cerebral hemorrhage (stroke). -
V-E Day
This was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's surrender of its armed forces. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (2)
The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. -
V-J Day
This is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, in effect ending World War II, -
Rome-Berlin Axis Formed
This is a 1949 book by British historian Elizabeth Wiskemann. 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.
