-
benito mussolini fascist government in italy
fascism stressed nationalism and placed the interests of the state above those of individuals -
mussolinis invasion of ethiopia
mussolini brought fascism and communism with the invasion -
mein kampf
hitlers book of basic beliefs of nazism -
japanese invasion of manchuria
japanese officials the militarists launched a suprise attack and seized control of the chinese province of manchuria -
adolf hitlers rise to power in germany
once in power hitler dismantled germanys democratic weimar republic -
storm troopers
hitlers private army -
third reich
third german empire -
hitlers military build up in germany
he began a military buildup in violation of the treaty of versailles -
hitler invades the rhineland
german forces invade rhineland -
rome-berlin axis
agreement formulated by Italy’s foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano informally linking the two fascist countries -
francisco franco
group of spanish soldiers led by general francisco franco -
hitlers anschluss
political union of Austria with Germany, achieved through annexation by Adolf Hitler in 1938 -
munich agreement
settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined -
joseph stalin's totalitarian government in the soviet union
stalin had firmly established a totalitarian government that tried to exert complete control over its citizens -
nonagression pact
two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
britian and france declare war on germany
britian and france decalred war on germany after 2 days of invasion of poland by germany -
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 Germany in 1945. -
U.S. convoy system
the outbreak of war in 1939 found the British Admiralty convinced of the value of the convoy system, though lacking in the resources to adequately re-introduce it -
blitzkrieg
s a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower -
phony war
the Phoney War refers to what happened in Western Europe between September 1939 and the spring of 1940. -
marshal philippe petain
was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France -
hitlers invasion of denmark and norway
German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. At the same time, German forces occupy Copenhagen, among other Danish cities. -
hitlers invasion of the netherlands
the Battle of the Netherlands (Dutch: Slag om Nederland) was part of Case Yellow (German: Fall Gelb), the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II. -
the battle of britian
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force which began at the end of June 1940 -
germany and itlays invasion of france
France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg were invaded on same day -
pearl harbor attack
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, -
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 the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
operation torch
Operation Torch was the name given to the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. -
bloody anzio
The Battle of Anzio was an important battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that began 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 Normandy landings were 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 a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
death of hitler
Adolf Hitler killed himself by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin -
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, an American politician of the Democratic Party -
unconditional surrender
the German High Command, in the person of General Alfred Jodl, signs the unconditional surrender of all German forces, East and West, at Reims, in northwestern France. -
V-E day
victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
