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joseph stalin totalitariainism government in the soviet union
joseph stalin whos took name means man of steel, took control of the country. -
benito mossulini facist goverment in italy
was establishing a totalitarian government in Italy, where unemployment and inflation produced better strikes. some communist-led. -
Adolf Hitlar rises to power in germany
hitlar had been a jobless solider drifting around Germany. in 1919 he joined a struggling group called the national socialist party -
mein kampf
in the bool main kampf hitlar set forth the the basic beliefs of Nazism that became the plan of action for the nazi party. -
storm troopers
many people joined hitlars army called the storm troopers. -
third Reich
"would be a thousand year Reich" - it would last for a thousand years. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
military leaders were taking control of the government of japan -
hitilars army build up in germany
On September 18, 1931, a group of Japanese soldiers stationed in the northern Chinese province of Manchuria, masquerading as Chinese bandits, blew up a few feet of the Japanese-controlled South Manchurian Railway. -
Hitler invades the Rhine land
hitler sent his army into Rhineland because of the treaty of Versailles. -
Mussolini invasion in ethiopia
mean while Mussolini began building his new roman empire his first target was ethiopia -
Francisco franco
rebelled against the spanish republic. revolts broke out all over spain and the spanish civil war began. -
rome berlin axis
the war forged a close relationship between the Germans and Italian dictators -
Hitlers Anschluss
"connection" or "joining") was the Nazi propaganda term for the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938.[1] German spelling, until the German orthography reform of 1996, -
Munich Agreement
they sign the agreement which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired. -
nonaggression pact
with hitler bitter enemies, on august 23 1939 fascist germany and communist Russia now commited never to attack eachother. -
Blitz Krieg
or lightning war. blitzkrieg made use of advances in military technology such as fast tanks and more powerful aircraft's. -
Hitlers invasion of the nether lands
the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II. -
britan and France declare war on Germany
two days following the terror in Poland. britian and France declare war on Germany -
phony war
after the fall of poland french and british troops on the maginot line. -
Hitlers invasion of Denmark and Norway
the german offensive trapped almost 400,00 british british and france soliders as they fled to beaches. -
the battle of britian
was a combat of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force (RAF) defended the United Kingdom (UK) against the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) attacks from the end of June 1940. It is described as the first major campaign fought entirely by air forces.[14] The British officially recognise its duration as from 10 July until 31 October 1940 that overlaps with the period of large-scale night attacks known as the Blitz, -
Battle of the atlantic
was the longest continuous military campaign[6][7] in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade. It was at its height from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943. T -
Germany and Italy's invasion of france
Italy entered the war on the side of Germany and invaded france from the south. -
marshal Philippe petain
marshal Philippe petain would be setup at vichy, in southern france. -
the pearl harbor attack
Japan intended the attack as a preventive action to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan planned in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. Over the next seven hours there were coordinated Japanese attacks on the U.S.-held Philippines, Guam and Wake Island and on the British Empire in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong. -
Internment
or confinement of 1,444 Japanese Americans 1 percent of hawaii's japanese american population. -
Korematsu vs. United states
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship. -
U.S convoy system
a group of merchantmen or troopships traveling together with a naval escort—was revived during World War I (1914–18), after having been discarded at the start of the Age of Steam. Although convoys were used by the Royal Navy in 1914 to escort troopships from the Dominions, and in 1915 by both it and the French Navy to cover their own troop movements for overseas service, they were not systematically employed by any belligerent navy until 1916. -
Battle of stalingrad
August 1942 – 2 February 1943 was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
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. The Soviet Union had pressed the United States and United Kingdom to start operations in Europe and open a second front to reduce the pressure of German forces on the Soviet troops. -
Unconditional surrender
is a surrender in which no guarantees are given to the surrendering party. In modern times, unconditional surrenders most often include guarantees provided by international law. Announcing that only unconditional surrender is acceptable puts psychological pressure on a weaker adversary, but may also prolong hostilities. Perhaps the most notable unconditional surrender was by the Axis powers in World War II. -
Bloody Anzio
german armies continued to put up strong resistance. the effort to free Italy did not succeed until 1945, when germany it self was close to collapse. -
D-Day
june 6 1944, was the first day of the invasion -
the battle of the bulge
as the Germans snear wept west ward, they captured 120 american GIs near Malmedy. -
death of hitler
hitler shot him self while his new wife swallowed poison. -
VE day
victory in europe. the war in Europe was finally over- -
womens auxiliary army troops
duties now being preformed by soliders that can be done better by women. -
Office of prince administration
the OPA fought infalation by freezing prices on most goods. -
war production board
was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II. -
lend lease act
Proposed in late 1940 and passed in March 1941, the Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for which Congress appropriated money to “the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.” -
Harry s. truman
he became the nations 33rd president -
Manhattan project
became the code name for research work that extended across the country
