The 1944 Warsaw Uprising (not to be confused with the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising when the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto tried to overthrow their

Disillusion with the country’s involvement in World War I characterized the national mood in the years between the wars. “World War I left a determination

Against Woodrow Wilson’s advice, Germany was severely punished by the Allies after World War I, creating great German resentment over the terms of the Treaty

In Italy, Benito Mussolini, known as “El Duce” or “the leader,” was installing a Fascist system similar to the Nazis in Germany. His political party

In April 1931, the Spanish people elected a republican legislature that replaced the monarchy that had ruled the country for centuries. This event led to

Control of the Japanese government in the 1920s and 1930s was increasingly in the hands of the military and expansionists. The Japanese developed the idea

On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland using a new military tactic called Blitzkrieg or “lightening war,” which was characterized by fast-moving columns of motorized

Given the shifting winds of international affairs, Congress reversed course somewhat and passed the Neutrality Act of 1939. This legislation permitted “all aid to the

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the “date which will live forever in infamy,” destroyed about 200 American planes in two

One hundred twenty five thousand people born in Japan or of Japanese descent, known as “Issei” lived in the United States at the time of