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Germany and Italy's invasion of France
This invasion ended on June 22nd, 1940. This invasion involved tanks going through the Ardennes. They also received help from Italy who started invading from the south. -
Internment
This order was the confinement of the Japanese population in America. This order was placed because of the fright that there might be spies in the Japanese American population. -
Battle of the Atlantic
This battle consisted of Germany attacking ships off America's east coast. Hitler ordered to attack the ships off the coast to stop supplies going to Britain, making Britain surrender from starvation. After many ships sunk, the United States started sending convoys and ultimately defeated more German ships than they could produce. -
U.S. convoy system
This system involved destroyers going with trade ship along with planes to protect the destroying of trade ships. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle consisted of Germany originally marching confidently toward Stalingrad to conquer it. When the Germans conquered most of the city winter hit and the Soviet Union unleashed a counter attack. In the end they lost over one million lives but they made Germany surrender. -
Operation Torch
This invasion of axis controlled North Africa was led by the United States. -
Unconditional Surrender
This stated that enemy nations would have to accept whatever terms of peace the Allies dictated. -
Bloody Anzio
This battle lasted four months—until the end of May 1944—and left about 25,000 Allied and 30,000 Axis casualties. -
D-Day
This historic day occurred on June 6th, 1944. It consisted of over three million troops invading the beaches of Normandy. The casualties were high but ultimately the Americans took over France and freed many cities. -
The Battle of the Bulge
During this battle German tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory, creating a bulge in the lines that gave this desperate last ditch
offensive its name. The battle lasted over a month and the end result was that the Germans had noting to do but retreat. -
Death of Hitler
Hitler died by shooting himself and his subjects taking him outside and burning his body. -
V-E Day
This day was the victory in Europe day. This stated that the war in Europe was over. -
Lend-Lease Act
Under this plan, the president would lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country whose defense was vital to the United States. -
Harry S. Truman
He became the United States 33rd president after President Roosevelt died after a stroke. -
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
This stated that women could work in army positions that were not in combat. -
Manhattan Project
This project was the project that looked into producing an atomic bomb very quickly for the war. -
Office of Price Administration
This administration fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods. Congress also raised income tax rates and extended the tax
to millions of people who had never paid it before. -
War Productions Board
This board ensured that the armed forces and war industries received the resources they needed to win the war. -
Benito Mussolini's fascist government in Italy
He believed that there should be one leader and many loyal followers. He also placed the interests of the state above the individuals. -
Hitler's military build-up in Germany
In 1935, Hitler began building his army in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
This was an alliance between German and Italian dictators. -
Blitzkrieg
This military strategy was also known as lightning war. It consisted of fast tanks and powerful aircraft to surprise the enemy and then a second wave of overwhelming force. -
Joseph Stalin's totalitarian government in the Soviet Uniion
Stalin created a communist state and in so doing he made
both agricultural and industrial growth the prime economic goals of the Soviet Union. Stalin abolished all privately owned farms and replaced them with large government owned farms, each worked by hundreds of families. -
Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
As a young man he joined the nazi party and his powerful public speaking skills quickly made him the leader of the group. The unemployment of over 6 million Germans made a lot of people turn to Hitler who promised to make Germany great again. -
Mein Kampf
Hitler set forth the basic beliefs of Nazism that became the plan of action for the Nazi Party in this book. -
Storm Troopers
This was Hitler's private army and they were also called the brown shirts. -
Third Reich
When Hitler came to power he got rid of the democratic Weimar Republic and made the Third Reich. This was also called the Third German Empire. -
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese military launched a surprise attack and seized control of the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931 and within several months, Japanese troops controlled the entire province of Manchuria. -
Hitler invades the Rhineland
A year after building up his army, Hitler sent troops into
the Rhineland, a German region bordering France and Belgium that was demilitarized as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
In the fall of 1935 Mussolini prepared for an invasion of Ethiopia which was in Africa. Mussolini took the country by 1936. -
Francisco Franco
He was the general of the Spanish army during the rebellion of the Spanish republic. -
Hitler's Anschluss
This was the union between Austria and Germany and the rest of the world did nothing. -
Munich Agreement
This agreement turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired. -
Nonaggression pact
This pact was signed on August 23, 1939 and it stated that fascist
Germany and communist Russia committed never to attack each other. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3rd after the terror in Poland. -
Phony war
This type of war consisted of both sides just sitting and waiting for the other side to take action first. -
Hitler's invasion of Denmark and Norway
This invasion took place on April 9th, 1940. Hitler took these countries over to build bases along the coast so he could take Great Britain. -
Hitler's invasion of the Netherlands
Hitler took this country over after taking over Denmark. He took over the country in less than two months from Denmark. -
Marshal Philippe Petain
He was the head of the northern part of France where the Germans took control. It was also called the Nazi-controlled puppet government. -
The Battle of Britain
This battle consisted of Germany trying to gain control of Britain. Hitler wanted an all naval war but he knew that the Britain navy was much better. He ordered planes to bomb Britain every night for two months to make it easier to take over. Britain came up with new technology called radar and fought back bringing victory. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
This was a surprise air attack from the Japanese to the biggest naval base of the United States. The battle consisted of 180 planes bombing away at the naval base for over an hour and thirty minutes. The damage was devastating. -
Korematsu v. United States
This supreme court case was the decision that Japanese American confinement was justified.
