#1: Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler believed that the Aryan race was superior than all

German politician who was the leader of the Nazi party

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#2: Allies 

The Allies were against the other allied nations 

The allied nations were England, the U.S., Soviet Union, and France 

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#3: Appeasement 

Appeasement  led to World War 2 

Appeasement is the policy of agreement of dictatorial powers to avoid any problems

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#4: Atlantic Charter

The Atlantic Charter was declared by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Atlantic charter provided a broad statement and British war aim 

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#5: Attack on Guernica

The Attack on Guernica was its first devastation attack

The Attack on Guernica was by the Nazi party, and also its first bombardment and devastation 

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#6: Axis

The Axis  opposed the Allies 

The Axis were led by Germany, Italy and Japan

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#7: Baatan of March

Baatan of March was a 65-mile deadly march

The Baatan of March was a 65-mile march with was incredibly devastating march for those that were in it which included Americans and Filipinos

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#9: Battle of Midway

The Battle of Midway occurred only a couple months after Pearl Harbor's attack.

A naval battle between the U.S. and Japan on June 4-7, 1942 

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#10: Battle of Okinawa

The Battle of Okinawa was the 3rd most deadly battle for Americans in terms of American soldier's casualties

Also known as Operation Iceberg, took place in the Island of Okinawa and the United States marines and forces attacked the Imperial Japanese Army

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#11: Battle of the Bulge 

The Battle of the Bulge  is the largest battle fought by Americans and it also is the 4th deadliest battle in terms of American soldier casualties

A battle fought on the Western Front in World War 2 as the last German offensive campaign. Combatants include the U.S., Nazi Germany, U.K., Canada, and the Allies

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#12: Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini believed that shaping the youth to fascism was key in molding Italy into a fascist state

Italian politician, leader of the National Fascist Party and of Italy (II Deuce)

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#13: Big Three

The Big Three was interesting because it included leaders which believed in completely different types of government

Consisted of the U.S. (Roosevelt), the U.K. (Churchill), and the Soviet Union (Stalin); this was a military alliance

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#14: Blitzkrieg

Blitzkrieg was used to attack the target amongst the enemy lines fastly, while the target is unprepared and vulnerable 

"Lightning war", a fast and unexpected method of warfare

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#15: Cold War

George Orwell wrote in 1945 that he believed the  Cold War would be devastating

Tension between the Eastern and Western countries after World War 2 

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#16: D-Day 

The Allies were victorious on D-Day

Also known as Normandy landings, which was an operation of landings on June 6, 1944 with the Allies invading Normany in Operation of Overload during World War 2

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#17: Emperor Hirohito 

Emperor Hirohito was inherited his position over Japan

125th Emperor of Japan from 1926-1989

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#18: Francisco Franco 

Francisco Franco was born in the city of Ferrol in December 4, 1892

Prime Minister of Spain from 1939-1975

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#19: General Hideki Tojo 

General Hideki Tojo  was the 27th Prime Minister of Japan for three years throughout world war 2. 

General of the Japanese Imperial Army, the Leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and Prime Minister of Japan from 1941-1944

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#20: Haile Selassie 

Haile Selassie's goal for Ethiopia was to modernize the country.

Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and emperor from 1930 to 1974

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#21: Hiroshima 

Victims in Hiroshima from the bombings of the U.S. killed over 80,000 civilians.

A city located in Japan, targeted by the U.S. for the dropping of a nuclear weapon 

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#22: Island Hopping 

The United States used Island Hopping to take over islands that weren't secured by Japan

A strategy from the U.S. to gain military bases in the Pacific War against Japan

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#23: Joseph Stalin 

Joseph Stalin's name meant "man of steel".

Leader of Soviet Union as a dictator from 1920-1953

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#24: Kamikaze Pilots 

Thousands of Kamikaze Pilots died in the destruction of dozens of ships 

Japanese military aviators who set off suicide attacks for the Japanese Empire against Allied naval vessels

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#25: League of Nations 

The League of Nation's headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland

England, Italy, France, and the U.S. were part of the League of Nations as a result of the Paris Peace Conference which ended World War 1. 

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#26: Lend Lease Act

The Lend Lease Act was passed in 1941 to help foreign nations during the second world war.

Providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during WW2

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#27: Munich Conference

The Munic Conference involved Hitler.

The agreement permitting Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland

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#28: Nagasaki

Nagasaki was devastated from the American bombings

The second Japanese city apart from Hiroshima in which nuclear bombings were dropped by the U.S. 

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#29: NATO

NATO was created to go against the Soviet Union and defend democracy

North Atlantic Treaty Organization was a military alliance 

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#30: Nazi-Soviet Pact 

Nazi-Soviet Pact was a good idea for Stalin because this way he could keep peace between the Soviet Union and Germany and he could strengthen the Soviet army

Neutrality pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union 

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#31: Pearl Harbor 

Pearl Harbor was an American navy base 

Harbor near Honolulu, was attacked by surprise by the Japanese on December 7, 1941

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#32: Postdam Conference

The Postdam Conference was held near Berlin. 

An agreement by the Big Threes (U.S., U.K., and Soviet Union) in establishing a Council of Foreign Ministers and a Central Allied Control Council for Germany

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#33: Reparations 

In WW2, Germany was forced to pay reparations

The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money or helping those who have been wronged 

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#34: Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

The Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis united in order to be strong against its enemies 

Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact ( Three-Power Agreement), a military alliance. The pact sealed cooperation amongst the three nations (Axis) in waging WW2.

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#35: Stalingrad 

Russia interrupted Germany's advancement into victory at the battle of Stalingrad

Site of German defeat in WW2 in the winter of 1942-1943

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#36: Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was the root of Germany's punishment

A document signed (1919) between Germany and the Allied powers following WW1 that officially ended the war

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#37: VE Day

VE Day gave the Allies the chance the advance onto other countries

The day in May 8, 1945 which marked the victory of the Allies in Europe 

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#38: Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact was used in the Cold War era 

A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955 in answer to NATO, the Warsaw Pact included Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.

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#39: Weimar Republic 

The rise of nazism and fascism is stemmed from the Weimar Republic

Democratic government founded in Germany 

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#40: Winston Churchill 

Roosevelt's friendship with Winston Churchill helped save the Allies.

English politician leader who later became Prime Minister shortly after WW2 began and throughout the war in Europe

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#41: Yalta Conference 

The Yalta Conference had the code name Argonaut Conference.

A conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of WW2 and agreed to the territorial divisions of Europe 

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