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Hitler voted to power in Germany
Hitler's rise to power serves as a distinct reminder of the vulnerability of democratic systems. Through vigorous combination of advertisement, political scheme, and forceful quelling, he deconstruct the Wiemar Republic and invest a brutal absolute regime. The catastrophic consequences of his rule—leading in World War II of a holocaust in defending democratic values against authoritarian threats. -
Pearl Harbor
1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged for 6 years, until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. -
Tripartite pact signed
Tripartite Pact, agreement concluded by Germany, Italy, and Japan on September 27, 1940, a year after the start of World War 2. It erected an alliance between the countries that had been largely intended to put off the United States from entering.