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Dictators Gaining Power
i. The Anschluss = Germany taking over Austria
ii. Invasion of Poland
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Hitlers Control
Hitler controlled the country through a dictatorship. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state that controlled nearly all aspects of life via the Gleichschaltung legal process. -
The Anschluss
The Annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on March 12, 1938 -
WWII
World War II also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries- including all the great powers- eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis -
Invasion of Poland
Germany as the Poland Campaign was an invasion of Poland by Germany that marked the beginning of World War II -
Neutrality Act of 1939
It lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms "cash-and-carry". The ban on loans remained in effect, and American ships were barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports. -
Fall of France
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. -
Battle of Britian
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 -
Japanese Aggression
Was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7,1941 -
The Holocaust
The killing of Jews and one specific type of race. It was a stance during WWII from Hitler trying to make people fear him and his NAzi army! -
Bataan Death March
Transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000-80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of War -
Battle of Midway Island
Was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II -
Battle of Stalingard
The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of WWII, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named the Argonaut Conference, held from 4 to 11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting -
VE- Day
Was celebrated on May 8 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of it's Armed forces. -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
The United States dropped the bombs after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement -
Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
The United States dropped the bomb after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement
