History Grind

Kristallnacht

1938, Germany

Hamas

1987, Palestine

Hiroshima

1945, Japan

Iron Curtain

1946, Europe

United Nations

1945, Global

Brinkmanship

1950s, USA, Soviet Union

Containment

1947, USA

Joseph Stalin

1878-1953, Soviet Union

Mao Zedong

1893-1976, China

Winston Churchill

1874-1965, UK

Axis Powers

1939, Germany, Italy, Japan

Douglas McArthur

1880-1964, USA, Korea

Mohandas Gandhi

1869-1948, India

Satellite Countries

1940s-1980s, Eastern Europe

Pearl Harbor

1941, Hawaii

Truman Doctrine

1947, USA

Marshall Plan

1947, USA

NATO

1949, Western Europe

Lebensraum

1920s-1930s, Germany

Fascism

1920s, Germany, Italy, Spain

D-day

1944, France

Berlin Airlift

1948-1949, Germany

Korean War

1950-1953, Korea, USA, UN, China

Karl Marx

1818-1883, Germany

Francisco Franco

Ruler as of 1936, Spain

Cold War

1947, USA, Soviet Union

Holocaust

1941-1945, Nazi-Europe

Blitzkrieg

1939, Europe

Warsaw Pact

1955, Soviet Union, Satellites

Benito Mussolini

1883-1945, Italy

Kamikaze

1944-1945, Japan

Laissez-faire

Developed in the 18th century, influential in the 19th and 20th centuries, Global

Napoleon

1769-1821, France

Liliuokalani

Ruler as of 1891, Hawaii

Kaiser Wilhelm II

1888-1918, Germany

Trench Warfare

1914-1918, France, Belgium (Western Front)

Woodrow Wilson

President as of 1913, USA

Anti-Semitism

19th-20th centuries, Global (Emphasis on Europe)

Ameitsar massacre

1919, India

3rd Reich

1933-1945, Germany