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Marshal Philippe Petain
Marshal Pétain, was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France -
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States -
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco was a Spanish military leader who ruled as the dictator of Spain from 1939 until he died -
Blitzkrieg
is a term describing a method of warfare that forces a breakthrough into the enemy's line of defense through a series of short, fast, powerful attacks -
Storm troopers
German Infantry units during World War I trained in "infiltration" and trench assault tactics -
U.S. convoy system
The practice of merchant ships sailing in groups protected by armed vessels; this was a response to submarine warfare. -
Joseph Stalin's totalitarian government in the Soviet Union
joseph stalin was turning russias basic government into a a full blown modern government by setting three major five year planns -
Benito Mussolini's fascist government in Italy
October 28, 1922 Mussolini and his armed squadrons known as the Blackshirts marched on Rome. Mussolini demanded to be made Prime Minister and threatened to take over the government by force if his orders were not followed -
Mein Kampf
the handbook of Nazism, Mein Kampf (my struggle) was writtin by Adolf Hittler while serving a two year stay in prison -
Hitler's military build-up in Germany
Hitle started building a private army which were called storm troopers,the storm troopers numbered 15,000 members. inprisoned for attempting to over throw the german government, hitler had wrote his famous novel "mein kampfs" (my struggle) which explaned his hatred for all ethnisities out side of espicailly jewish and belief in an all arian nation. by gaining the support of the mass poverty stricken population he hitler had slowly worked his into the germin government. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
In 1931, the Japanese Kwangtung Army attacked Chinese troops in Manchuria -
Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
after a failed atemp to controll the german gavernment which lead to Adlof Hitlers stay in prison he came back with a new idea of gaing status and unders standing laws and regulations -
Third Reich
Nazi Germany when its government was controlled by Adolf Hitler -
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
starting in October 1935 and ending in May 1936 The war was fought between the Kingdom of Italy Ethiopian Empire -
Munich Agreement
settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler's Anschluss
was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938 -
Nonaggression pact
A non-aggression pact is a national treaty between two or more states/countries agreeing to avoid war or armed conflict between them and resolve their disputes through peaceful negotiations -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
in 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II. -
Phony war
The Phoney War was a phase early in World War II that was marked by a lack of major military operations by the Western Allies against the German Reich. -
Hitler's invasion of Denmark and Norway
9 April 1940 Germany invaded Denmark and Norway -
Germany and Italy's invasion of France
In the Second World War, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the successful German invasion of France -
Hitler's invasion of the Netherlands
The Battle of the Netherlands was part of Case Yellow, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France during World War II. The battle lasted from 10 May 1940 to the 14th. -
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom -
Pearl Harbor attack
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa which started on 8 November 1942. -
D-Day
D-Day is the day on which a combat attack is to be initiated. the day of the Normandy landings initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate Europe. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the forested region of Wallonia in Belgium -
Death of Hitler
april 30 1945 Adolf Hitler commits suicide -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II -
Rome-Berlin Axis
The Rome-Berlin Axis is a book by British historian Elizabeth Wiskemann, It is a study of the Axis alliance of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. It was published by Oxford University Press. -
Hitler invades the Rhineland
on 7 March 1936 the germin millitary remilitarizwed in rhineland.this was big because of the violated termin in the treaty of versailles. -
Unconditional surrender
Unconditional surrender is a surrender without conditions, in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering group