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Benito Mussolini became dictator
attempted to restore Italy to its former position as a world power -
Hitler becomes chancellor
dictator during the Great Depression -
Francisco Franco becomes dictator
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Battle of Britain
Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air force against the United Kingdom in 1940. -
Hideki Tojo becomes dictator
Japanese dictator, prime minister -
Pearl Harbor
A Surprise strike by the Japanese Navy against the United States in Pearl HArbor, Hawaii. -
Battle of Stalingrad
When Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city, Stalingrad. -
Battle of Bulge
German attacked Belgium and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front towards the end of World War 2. -
D-Day
160,000 Allied troops landed on the French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on te beaches in France. It was a victory, 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft were there. 9,00 soldiers were killed or hurt but 100,000 of them went to Europe to defeat Hitler. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting of World war 2 with the heads of the government of the United States. FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin led the meeting. They talked about Europe's post-war reorganization. -
V-E Day
When World War 2 ended and it ended Adolf Hitler's Third Reich which ended the war in Europe. -
Nuremberg Trials
a series of military tribunals, led by the allied forces of World War 2. They were held in Nuremberg, Germany in 1945 in the Palace of Justice.