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Joseph Stalin's totalitarian government in the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin gained and maintained communist power in the Soviet Union throughout WWII which was considered totalitarianism. He rejected liberal values. -
Storm Troopers
Just like the Nazis of World War Two, stormtroopers would roll over the defenders at key points, bypassing concentrations of Allied troops, and then speed into the rear areas to confuse their enemy. -
Marshal Philippe Petain
A 58-year-old colonel at the start of battle in 1914, Pétain earned acclaim for stopping the Germans at the Battle of Verdun and assumed command of the French forces in 1917. -
U.S. Convoy System
The convoy system, or a group of merchant ships sailing together for protection, has a long naval history. ... During the Second World War, the Destroyers for Bases Agreement provided the British navy with ships in exchange for U.S. access to British naval bases. -
Benito Mussolini's fascist government in Italy
Benito Mussolini created the fascist party in Italy. This meant he was a complete dictator and had full power over the government. -
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is a book by Adolf Hitler, combining elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology of National Socialism. This book was later banned. -
Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
In September 1931, they claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and attacked the Chinese army. The Chinese army did not fight back because it knew that the Japanese were just wanting an excuse to invade Manchuria. -
Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
Adolf Hitler was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. He led Germany throughout World War II. He became the dictator, elected by an electoral party. -
Third Reich
Third Reich, official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany. They held swastika symbol flags as a sign on the side of Nazi Germany. -
Hitler's Military Build-up In Germany
Adolf Hitler announced that he would rearm Germany in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler revealed that Germany had begun to construct an air force, and unveiled plans to reinstitute conscription and create a German army of more than half a million men. -
Mussolini's Invasion of Ethiopia
A border incident between Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland that December gave Benito Mussolini an excuse to intervene. Rejecting all arbitration offers, the Italians invaded Ethiopia. -
Hitler Invades Rhineland
German troops marched into the Rhineland. This action was directly against the Treaty of Versailles which had laid out the terms which the defeated Germany had accepted. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
The Rome-Berlin Axis was a coalition formed between Italy and Germany on 25 October 1936, which served to informally link the two fascist countries. -
Hitler's Anschluss
Anschluss refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. -
Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was an agreement concluded at Munich by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy. It provided cession to Germany of the Sudeten German territory of Czechoslovakia. -
Francisco Franco
He rose to power during the bloody Spanish Civil War when, with the help of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, his Nationalist forces overthrew the democratically elected Second Republic. -
Nonaggression Pact
A non-aggression pact or neutrality pact is a treaty between two or more states/countries that includes a promise by the signatories not to engage in military action against each other. -
Britain and France Declare War on Germany
The Declaration of war by France and the United Kingdom was given on 3 September, after the German Air force, also known as the Luftwaffe invaded Poland. -
Phoney War
Phoney War is the name given to the period of time in World War Two from September 1939 to April 1940 when, after the blitzkrieg attack on Poland in September 1939, seemingly nothing happened. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, and was a major part of the Naval history of World War II. -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. -
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a method of warfare whereby an attacking force, spearheaded by a dense concentration of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations with close air support. -
Hitler's Invasion On Denmark and Norway
Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany on April 9th 1940. Hitler had issued the order for the invasion of Norway on March 1st. The order also included the invasion and occupation of Denmark. It was the start of war in Western Europe – and an end to the 'Phoney War'. -
Hitler's Invasion On The Netherlands
The Battle of the Netherlands was a military campaign part of Case Yellow, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France during World War II. -
Germany and Italy's Invasion of France
The Italian invasion of France, also called the Battle of the Alps, was the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France. -
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, preemptive military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Office of Price Administration
The Office of Price Administration was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government on August 28, 1941. The functions of the OPA were originally to control money and rents after the outbreak of World War II. -
Internment
The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps in the western interior of the country of about 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific Coast. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of World War II. It began on November 8 and concluded on November 16, 1942. -
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
The Women's Army Corps was the women's branch of the United States Army. -
War Productions Board
The War Production Board was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II. -
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. United States, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case upholding the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. -
Bloody Anzio
The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place from January 22, 1944 to June 5, 1944. -
D-Day
The landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
Death of Hitler
Adolf Hitler died of suicide by gunshot in April 1945. -
Unconditional Surrender
An unconditional surrender is a surrender in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering party. In modern times, unconditional surrenders most often include guarantees provided by international law. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day or V-E Day, or simply as V-Day, is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on May 8, 1945. -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease policy, formally titled An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States, was a program under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, Free France, the Republic of China, and later the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and August 1945. -
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as vice president. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO.
