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Benito Mussolini's fascist government in Italy
Mussolini stressed nationalism and prized interests of the state over others. Fascists believed that a single strong leader and devoted members of a group was need to strengthen a nation. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japan seized the Chinese province in Manchuria and it was completley taken over within a few months after being invaded. THis invasion put the militarists in full control of the government. -
Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
Many men who were out of work joined Hitler's army as a last hope. The Nazis became the strongest political party in Germany. Hitler was appointed prime minister. -
Mein kampf
Mein kampf was a letter wrote that said it was to secure land and soil for the German people which they are entitled to on earth and they would do it even if it took a victorious sword. -
storm troopers
many men who did not have work joined hitler's army and were called storm troopers because hitler was their last hope. -
Third reich
Hitler was appointed as prime minister and when this happened he replaced the government with a third reich which was a third german empire which would last 1000 years. -
Hitler's military build up in Germany
Hitler took Germany out of the league of nations and began a military build up even though it violated the treaty of versailles. -
Hitler invades the Rhineland
Hitler sent troops to the Rhineland which was a German region that was demilitarized because of the Treaty of versailles. The league of nations didn't try to stop Hitler. -
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
Soldiers stood ready to invade Ethiopia and the league of nations made a failure of a boycott and by May of 1936 Ethiopia had fallen. -
Francisco Franco
A group of Spanish army officers led by Francsco Franco rebelled against the Spanish republic and the spanish civil war eventually began. 3,000 Americans traveled to Spain to fight Frnacisco. -
Hitler's Anschluss
This was a union with Austria after German soldiers went to Austria when majority of the austrians were German and they wanted a union. -
munich agreement
This agreement was signed which turned sudetenland over to Germany without any violence and this was hitler's last territorial demand. -
Joseph Stalin's totalitarian government in the soviet union
stalin created a totalitarian government to have complete control over its citizens. In this government people have no rights and the government suppresses all opposition. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
The civil war made a close relationship between Spanish and German dictators which formed a formal alliance. Franco became Spain's fascist dictator. -
nonaggression pact
Stalin signed a non aggression pact with Hitler and they commited to never attack each other and they chose to divide poland. -
blitzkreig
This was the Germans' newest military strategy and the word means lighting war. This strategy used fast tanks and powerful aircrafts. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
When Germany invaded Poland after using the blitzkrieg then Britain and France declared war on Germany. The blitzkrieg was used on Britain and France early in the war. -
phony war
This war was just about sitting and waiting for the opponent to make the next move. Stalin began to annex new countries where finland surrendered. -
Hitler's invasion of Denmark and Norway
Hitler launched a surprise invasion on Denmark and Norway. Hitler planned to build bases to attack Britain. Hitler had also turned against the Netherlands. -
Hitler's invasion of the Netherlands
Hitler turned against the Netherlands after builidng the bases along the coasts and they were overrun by the end of May. -
Germany's and Italy's invasion of France
almost 400,000 British and French soldiers were trapped while fleeing. Italy entered the war to join Germany in invading France and by June 22, 1940 Hitler gave the French his terms of surrender. -
Marshal Philip;pe Petain
Marshal was a man who led the Nazi controlled government and he would occupy the northern part of France. -
The battle of Britain
Germany was assembling an invasion fleet along France to get ready to attack Britain. Germany assembled a naval power as well as an aerial power. Hitler also wanted to destroy Britain's royal air force. -
pearl harbor attack
180 japnese war planes attacked pearl harbor from six japanese carriers. More than 3,000 people were killed or injured and 21 ships damaged or sunk. -
Battle of the atlantic
Hitler ordered submarine raids to attack America's east coast. Hitler had America attacked because it wasw Britain's main source of food. Germans had destroyed 681 allied ships in the Atlantic. -
U.S. convoy system
the u.s. organized their ships into convoys for mutual protection. Destroyers protected cargo ships which had sonar to detect u-boats as well as airplanes that could detect u-boats. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nearly every wooden building in stalingrad was set on fire. The soviet union recommended blowing up the factories and abandoning the city. The Soviet Union trapped the Germans in the city and cut off the food supply. -
operation torch
Opertaion torch was an invasion launched on North Africa where 107,000 allied troops landed in North Africa where they chased the Africa Korps. -
unconditional surrender
Only the unconditional surrender was going to be accepted after operation torch. America thought it would be better to attack Germany right away, but Churchill thought it would be safer to attack Italy. -
Bloody anzio
This battle was fought about 40 miles from rome and ended in 25,000 allied casualties and 30,000 axis casualties and lasted four months. -
D-day
This was an invasion that included 3 million soldiers with military equipment and supplies. The plan was to attack Normandy and a fake radi station misled Germany to another city. -
The battle of the bulge
Hitler hoped that after America captured a German town, a victory would break up forces and supply lines. This battle raged for a month. Germans lost 120,000 troops. The Nazis had to retreat. -
Harry s.Truman
President Roosevelt had a stroke and died while posing for a portrait and vice president Harry s. Truman became the 33rd president that night. -
Hitler's death
Hitler married his long time companion and she killed herself with poison and he shot himself. After this both of their bodies were soaked in gasoline and burned as requested by hitler. -
v-e day
This is called victory in europe day and it marked the end of the war.
