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Mein Kampf
a book hitler wrote in prison about his life and his future plans. -
Benito Mussolini's fascist government in Italy
a fascist government cared about states rather than individuals. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
japan invaded Manchuria to be able to have the resources they need for the war. -
Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany
hitler rose to power by creating the nazi party which many jobless veterans joined. soon the nazi party became the most powerful party in germany. -
Storm troopers
hitler's private army -
Third Reich
hitler took down germany's democracy and created his communism called the third reich -
Hitler invades the Rhineland
hitler invaded the rhineland to regain the territory for his military and the league did nothing to stop him. -
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
mussolini invaded ethiopia the last independent country in africa and the league did nothing to stop him. -
Hitler's military build-up in Germany
hitler built up his army in violation of the treaty of versailles and a year later invaded the rhineland -
Francisco Franco
leader of the rebellion in spain which started the civil war in spain -
Hitler's Anschluss
union between germany and austria -
Munich Agreement
Daladier and Chamberlain chose to believe him. On
September 30, 1938, they signed the Munich Agreement, which turned the
Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
alliance between Germany and Italy -
Nonaggression pact
treaty between stalin and hitler that stated they would never attack eachother. -
Blitzkrieg
At the same time, German tanks raced across
the Polish countryside, spreading terror and confusion. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
The blitzkrieg tactics worked perfectly. Major fighting was over in three
weeks, long before France, Britain, and their allies could mount a defense. -
Joseph Stalin's totalitarian government in the Soviet Union
joseph stalin lead a communist russia with a totalitarian government which they're civilians had no right and no say. -
Phony war
a system of fortifications
built along France’s eastern border sat
staring into Germany, waiting for something to happen. -
Hitler's invasion of Denmark and Norway
hitler attacked denmark to "save their independence" but hitler wanted the land to build bases -
Hitler's invasion of the Netherlands
netherlands claimed neutrality but germany attacked anyway -
The Battle of Britain
germans would set up a fleet to distract britain's naval and attack with their air strike -
Marshal Philippe Petain
Germans would occupy the northern part of
France, and a Nazi-controlled puppet government, headed
by Marshal Philippe Pétain, would be set up at Vichy,
in southern France -
Pearl Harbor attack
more than 180 japanese warplanes bombed pearl harbor which brought America into the war -
Lend-Lease Act
in which Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to 'any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States -
Office of Price Administration
The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II. -
Battle of Stalingrad
germany vs soviet union, germany couldn't keep up with the russian large population -
interment
or confinement, of 1,444 Japanese Americans -
Battle of the Atlantic
hitler ordered submarines to cut off all supplies moving from the US to great britian -
U.S. convoy system
Convoys
were groups of ships traveling together for mutual protection -
Operation Torch
north america and britain set an attack of north africa -
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
the Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army. -
Unconditional surrender
enemy nations would have to accept whatever terms of peace the Allies
dictated. -
Bloody Anzio
left about 25,000
Allied and 30,000 Axis casualties. -
D-Day
3 million american and British troops planned to attack Normandy beach -
The Battle of the Bulge
Tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory,
creating a bulge in the lines that gave this desperate lastditch
offensive its name -
Korematsu v. United States
the government’s policy of evacuating Japanese
Americans to camps was justified on the basis of “military necessity.” -
V-E Day
mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Harry S. Truman
president of the united states at the end of the war. signer of the atomic bomb on the japenese -
Manhattan Project
he Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. -
Death of Hitler
he married Eva Braun, his longtime companion. than a day later they committed suicide. -
War Productions Board
was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II.
