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| 1937 - US policy that allowed countries to buy munitions only if they could pay for it outright and pick it up themselves. |
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| June 22, 1941 - German invasion of Russia. Initially successful but eventually bogs down due to poor planning and the harsh Russian winter. The long distances made supplies difficult to get and the Soviets were tougher than the Germans anticipated. |
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| France's Commander in Chief. His slow and outdated tactics were more suited to WWI than WWII and resulted in the fall of France to Nazi Germany. |
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| May 23 - 24, 1940: Germany forces the retreat of allied forces to Dunkirk, then issue the second stop order. This was done because the tank is for maneuvering, not holding a siege. The army needed to be reconfigured to destroy the remainder of the French army. Hitler may also have issued the Stop Order in order to allow Britain to sue for peace. Britain and later all allied troops evacuated by June 3. |
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| July - October, 1940: The German attack on England. The Germans could not move their tanks across the channel into England, so they attacked England from the air. The British were able to fend off German attacks by air and so were able to stop the Germans invading by sea. |
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| Commander in Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet. Planned the attack on Pearl Harbor and continued leading the Japanese Combined Fleet |
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| Ultra conservative system of government practiced in Italy shortly before and during WWII. Benito Mussolini and the fascist party marched on Rome to demand power from the weak Parliamentary government. |
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| Prime Minister of Great Britain after Neville Chamberlain. Strongly supported rearmament. Considered to be the moral center of Great Britain. |
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| The 1919 treaty that ended WWI. It outlined the losses and gains of each country that participated in the war. The US, Britain, and France benefitted the most while Japan and Italy did not benefit as much as they would have liked. Germany was hurt especially badly by the treaty. |
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| 1931 - one of the incidents that taught Japan that they could expand through war. Japanese officers in Manchuria blew up a section of track of the South Manchuria Railway and blamed a nearby Chinese Army garrison providing an excuse for Japanese occupation of most of Manchuria by 1932. The Japanese then set up a puppet state they called Manchukuo |
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| Germany's commander in North Africa. Possibly the most effective field commander in the war. Germany had difficulty keeping him under control. |
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| 1938 - German union with Austria. Germany gained capital, an educated and skilled workforce, and a strategic position from which to invade Czechoslovakia |
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| Britain, and France - the "onstage" powers that would prefer to keep the balance of power the same. |
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| The fascist dictator of Italy. Declared war on Britain and France on June 10, 1940, but had no success without the aid of the German army. |
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| The first great war of the 20th century. The Russians wanted a warm water port at Port Arthur. The Japanese, not wanting to concede their dominance in the area, attacked |
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| June 4-7, 1942 - The US scores a decisive victory over Japan. Turning point in the war in the Pacific. |
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| The puppet state created by the Japanese by the Mukden Incident in 1931. |
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