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Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
Hitler Joined the Nazi party in 1919 after becoming a jobless soldier following WWI. Due to his powerful public speaking he quickly became the leader of teh nazi party. -
Benito Mussolini's fascist Gov't in Italy
Mussolini used the fears of ecomomic collapse and communism in Italy to gain the support of many discontented italians who wanted a strong leader. Mussolini then quickly established the fascist party, which strongly enforced nationalism and put interest in govt over the individual citizens. -
Joseph Stalin's totalitarian Gov't in Soviet Union
The hope for democracy in Russia led to a civil war which ended up in the establishment of the communist state, the Soviet Union. After Lenin passed away in 1924 there was a need for a new strong leader, Stalin filled the role and became the new head of the Soviet Union. -
Mein Kampf
The Mein Kampf was a book written by Adolf Hitler, where he made his Nazi beliefs and intentions clear. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japanese militants shared a similar belief with hitler and wanted more space to grow their country. These militants were quick in their decision to take over manchuria and within months controlled the whole state. -
Storm Troopers
Storm Troopers, or brown shirts, were a private army controlled by hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party. This private army mainly consisted of German men who were jobless and needed work. -
Third Reich
Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are common English names for the period of history in Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a dictatorship under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. -
Hitler's military build-up in Germany
Time period in which hitler built up and stengthened the german army in case of war. This came across as a threat to other european nations. -
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
In 1935, Mussolini invaded ethiopia where he adopted hitlers belief that he should expand his country by taking over countries he considered to be Italian. -
Hitler invades the Rhineland
Hitler marched german troops into rhineland, this was his first illegal act in foreign relations and was strictly prohibited in the treaty of versailles. -
Francisco Franco
A spanish general that mussolini and hitler supported, but during ww2 franco remained nuetral although he did provide support to hitler and mussolini. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
The pact that stated the alliance between Germany and Italy. -
Hitler's Anschluss
Anschluss was the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and incorporation of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938. -
Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers -
Nonagression Pact
A pact that Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to take military action against eachother for the next 10 years. -
Blitzkrieg
A German military tactic in which the germans would attack cities at night with planes and tanks. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
In 1939 Britain and France declared war on Germany after all the things the Germans did to break the treaty of versailles. -
Phony War
The phony war was a time period at the beginning of WW2 where no military action was taken by any countires. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic, which lasted from September 1939 until the defeat of Germany in 1945, was the war’s longest continuous military campaign. This battle to control the Atlantic shipping lanes involved thousands of ships and stretched across thousands of perilous square miles of ocean. -
Hitlers invasion of Norway and Denmark
Germany invades Denmark and Norway in hopes to gain advantageous military positioning. -
Hitler's invasion of Netherland's
Even though netherlands proclaimed nuetrality, Hitler ordered the invasion of the netherlands. They surrendered to the Germany one day after the bombing of Rotterdam. -
Germany and Italy's invasion of France
Germany and Italy invade France so they can take on Britain after they take out France. -
Marshal Philippe Petain
A French general who later became the french spanish ambassador. -
The battle of Britain
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. -
Pearl Harbor attack
The japanese suprise attacked the american naval base pearl harbor, in Hawaii. U.S. navy was crippled after tis attack, and some argue that this is the main event that cause the U.S. to enter WW2. -
U.S. convoy system
a system meant to make it hard for german u boats to sink ships. -
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 British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942. -
Unconditiopnal surrender
Surrender in which there is no negotiations between the country who is surrendering and the country who is forcing the surrender. -
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
D Day was the invasion of german controlled france by britain and us. They landed on beaches along the coast of France and marched there way to center of France. -
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. -
Harry S. Truman
U.S. President who made the decision to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan to make them surrender unconditionally. -
Death of Hitler
Hitler died of poisening himself in 1945 after the collapse of German Nazi party. -
V-E Day
VE Day refers to the day that WW2 was officially ended and The allied powers claimed victory of the Axis powers.
