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Benito Mussolini
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Adolf Hitler
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Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
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Remilitarization of the Rhineland
On March 7, 1936, Germany reoccupied the Rhineland which broke the Versailles Treaty. -
Spanish Civil War
Due to unrest in Spain, civil war broke out and people wanted to kick the king out of the country. -
Air Raid on Guernica
On April 26, 1937 German planes dropped bombs and machine gunned anyone who survived, in the small marcket town of Guernica, Spain. The attack was an experiment to test the Luftwaffe. -
Neville Chamberlain
The Prime Minister of Britain from May 22, 1937 to May 10, 1940. -
The Anschluss
The takeover of Austria by Germany. -
Francisco Franco
The fascist leader of Spain. Ruled from April 1938 to October 30, 1975. -
Munich Conference
British and French officials appeases Hitler by giving him the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. -
Annexation of Czechoslovakia
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The Holocaust
Mass killings of Jews, by the Nazis -
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
A non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union. -
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Invasion of Poland
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Winston Churchill
One of the greatest leaders of WWII, he was in power from May 10, 1940 to July 26, 1945 -
Charles DeGaulle
Charles DeGaulle was the leader of a revolutionary force from June 18, 1940 to July 3, 1944 -
Formation of "Free French"
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Formation of Vichy
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Fall of France
France surrendered the fight against Germany and was forced to sign an agreement in the same place as Germany signed the armistice. -
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Battle of Britain
Germany's blitzkrieg on Britain to neutralize the RAF. The battle involved the use of radar and sonar. -
The Axis Powers
The Axis Powers were Japan, Germany, and Italy. These nations were anti-democratic, totalitarian states. -
Erwin Rommel
Commander of the Afrika corps in 1941.Known as the "Desert Fox" he won many victories and drove allies to Cairo, Egypt. -
Josef Stalin
The Leader of the USSR from May 6, 1941 to March 5, 1953. -
Operation Barbarossa
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
The U.S. intercepted a Japanese plan to invade midway. This was one of the most important naval battles of World War II -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Germany attacked the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. The soviets finally won the battle. -
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El Alamein
The British stopped the advance of the Germans in North Africa. -
D-Day Invasion
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Battle of the Bulge
American and British forces faught the Germans in the Ardennes Forest -
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Iwo Jima
The U.S. faught against the Japanese Navy and the Kamikaze suicide corps for the island of Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was a key island for the Allied strategy of island-hopping. -
V-E Day
The date that the allies accepted the surrender of the German forces. -
Decision to use Atomic Weapons
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V-J Day
Victory Over Japan Day. The day Japan surrendered.
