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Hitler's rise to power
adolf Hitler joined a struggling group
called the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, better known as the Nazi
Party. He became the leader of this group and promised to bring Germany out of chaos. -
Stalin's totalitarian governement
Joseph Stalin had established a totalitarian government that tried
to exert complete control over its citizens, citizens had
no rights, and the government suppressed all opposition. -
Mussolini's fascist government in Italy
Benito Mussolini established a totalitarian regime in
Italy, where unemployment and inflation created strikes. -
Mein Kampf
Book that Hitler wrote about the basic beliefs of
Nazism. -
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japanese militarists launched a surprise attack and seized control of
the Chinese province of Manchuria , in a few months the Japanese controlled the entire province, a large area
that was rich in natural resources. -
Storm Troopers
Hitler's private army who were mainly men who had no jobs. -
Third Reich
Hitler took down Germany’s democratic system and in its place he
established the Third Reich. Hitler stated that it would last for a thousand years. -
Hitlers military build up
When the league of nations failed to take action against Japan, Hitler began to build up his military in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Hitler invades Rhineland
Hitler sent troops into
Rhineland, a German region bordering France and Belgium that was a demilitarized zone. -
Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
Mussolini's first target for his new empire that the League of Nations did nothing to stop. -
Francisco Franco
Leader of a group of revolutionists who rebelled against the Spanish republic. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
German and Italian alliance. -
Hitler's Anschluss
Germany's union with Austria. -
Munich Agreement
Turned
Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired. -
Non Aggression Pact
Germany and Russia agree to never attack each other. -
Blitzkrieg
Germany invasion of Poland., also called the lightning war -
Britain, France declare war on Germany
Britain and France declare war over Germany because of the invasion of Poland. -
Phony War
After Poland, France builds up defense and waits for Germany, known as the sitting war. -
The Battle of Britain
Germany planned an attack on Britain but couldnt compete with their Navy, war that went on through the summer and
fall. Night after night, German planes pounded British targets. -
Hitler's invasion of Norway and Denmark
Hitler launched a surprise invasion
on Denmark and Norway to build military bases but said it was for independence. -
Hitler's invasion of the Netherlands
After Norway and Denmark, Hitler invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg ending the Phony war. -
Germany and Italy's invasion of France
Germany pressed into france and 400,000 British and French troops had to flee, a few days later Italy joined fighting fromthe SOuth. -
Marshal Philippe Petain
Vichy in SOuth France after Germany invades. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Japanese bombing and kamikaze bombing of American military base in Hawaii. -
Internment
confinement, of 1,444 Japanese Americans, 1 percent of Hawaii’s Japanese-American population. -
Battle of the Atlantic
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hitler
ordered submarine raids against ships along America’s east coast. -
US convoy system
Convoys
were groups of ships traveling together for mutual protection, as they had done
in the First World War. The convoys were escorted across the Atlantic by destroyers equipped with sonar for detecting submarines underwater. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nearly every wooden
building in Stalingrad was set ablaze. The situation looked so desperate that Soviet
officers in Stalingrad recommended blowing up the city’s factories and abandoning the city. -
Unconditional Surrender
Enemy nations would have to accept whatever terms of peace the Allies
dictated. -
Operation Torch
Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of World War II. -
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Under this
bill, women volunteers would serve in noncombat positions in the Army. -
Manhattan Project
Code name for research on developing a bomb. -
Office of price administration
The OPA fought inflation by freezing
prices on most goods. -
War productions Board
The WPB decided which companies would convert from
peacetime to wartime production and allocated raw materials to key industries, also organized drives to collect scrap iron, tin cans, paper, rags, and cooking fat for
recycling into war goods. -
Korematsu v. United STates
The Supreme Court decided, in
Korematsu v. United States, that the government’s policy of evacuating Japanese
Americans to camps was justified on the basis of “military necessity.” -
Bloody Anzio
One of the hardest battles the Allies encountered in Europe was fought less than 40 miles from Rome. -
D-Day
Shortly after midnight, three divisions
parachuted down behind German lines. They were followed in the early morning hours by thousands upon
thousands of seaborne soldiers, known as the largest land-sea-air
operation in army history. -
The Battle of the Bulge
eight
German tank divisions broke through weak American
defenses along an 80-mile front. Hitler hoped that a victory
would split American and British forces and break up Allied
supply lines. Tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory,
creating a bulge in the lines that gave this desperate last ditch offensive its name. -
Death of Hitler
Hitler shot himself in his secret headquarters. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe day because of the unconditional surrender of Germany. -
Harry S. Truman
United states 33rd president after President Roosevelt died. -
Lend-Lease Act
Under this plan, the president would lend
or lease arms and other supplies to “any country whose defense was vital to the
United States.”
