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He was and extreme nationalist who's core beliefs where racism. Nazi beliefs whreer that they ruled over Gypses, Slavs, and other considered inferior. His greatest hatred was directed to Jews.
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His promise was to restore order through strong leadership. He threatned to overthrow Italy's elected government and was appointed prime minister.
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Stalin turned the soviet union into a totalitarian state, or a nation in which a single party controls the government and every aspect of people's lives.
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They acted without approval Japan's governmant the Japaniese army seized Manchuria.
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Hitler vowed to create a German empire and began to rebuild Germany's army.
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desighned to keep te U.S out of war it forbade the president from selling arms, making loans, or assiting any nation involved in war.
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Ethiopia was invaded by Mussolini's army but they had outdated wepons and little training so Ethiopia fell to its invaders.
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he started to build the german army again going against the treaty and sendingf them to invade germany.
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Like the Nazi's, the Japanese militarists preached racism. The believed that the Japanese where superior to other Asians and non-Asians.
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For six weeks, Japenese fources pillaged Nanjing. More than a quarter of a million prisoners of war and civilians were massacred.
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In the Munich pact, Britian and France agreed to let Germany occupy Sudetenland. In return Hitler promised he would seek no further territory.
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Hitler and his soilders began to take all Jews into labor camps. They were kept in poor conditions and often mistreated.
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Hitler and Stalin, two sworn enimies, had sighned a nonagggression pact. The two dictators promised not to attack one another's countries.
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Nazi troops invaded Poland, sixteen days later Britian and France declared war on Germany.
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Hitler's army began to move north, seizing Denmark and Norway. They then moved west and took the Neitherlands, Luxenborg, and Belgium.
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German armies invaded France and marched to Paris. Six weeks later France surrendred.
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Hitler ordered an air asult on Britian. The raids took tens of thousands of lives. The battle lasted long into the fall, by then Htiler gave up all plans to invade.
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Congress approved a greater spending budget for the army and navy.
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Hitler broke his pact with Stalin. England also gained allieas in their fight with Germany.
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This outlined their plan for a post war world. They agrained on no territorial gain and gave all people a right to chose their own government.
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Japan invaded the French colony of indochina. In response Roosevelt banned American exports to Japan. He also restricted oil sales.
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Japenese bombers launched a suprise attack on the pearly harbor naval base, located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. the airstrike destroyed nearly half of the islands military aircraft. later that day congress declaired was on Japan.
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After the U.S declared was on Japan, Japan's allies, Garmany and Italy, declared war on the U.S.
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The japanese captured nearly 70,000 soilders and forced them to march 65 miles to a prision camp. Along the way many died from starvation, ilness, and violence. This was known as the Bataan death march.
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After the attack on pearl harbor many Japanese Americans were forced into isolated camps due to the fear felt by the government at that time. They were affraid that the people in their own contry were responsible.
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The battle of Midway was a turning point in the fighting styles of World War 2. For the first time ships couldnt see eachother and their locations were given by plane. A month after te battle of the Coarl Sea the Japenese attemoted to take Midway. But the U.S destroyed 332 Japanese aircraft and greatly weakend their navy.
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Russian troops fought to keep Moscow out of Nazi, eventually they did.
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As the mexica amarican population began to increase due tot he need for workers the U.S sighned a treaty to allow amarican companies to hire mexican workers. Young mexican amarians often dressed in zoot suits. Their style set them apart and in june groups of sailors began to attack them.
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Amarican and British troops took control of sicily and then began to take control of the Italian peninsula. the king of italy then dismissed Mussolini from office.
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Amarican and British troops crossed the Meditiranian, and claimed Sicily. the Italian troops surrendered but German troops in Italy continued to fight.
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Under the command of general Eisenhower, the allies planned a landing. the opperation would involve thousands of ships and aircraft. More than 155,000 troops landed in 5 beaches in western France. Troops quickly overcame german opposition.
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After four years under nazi rule, the people of paris greeted their liberation with joy.
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Allied forces began to move easward, but german fources counterattacked belgium. bad waether grounded all aircraft so german fources were able to create a buldge in amarican lines. in the end the amarican fources faught hard and won the battle of the buldge.
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in 1945 the U.S fources returned to the philipnes to recapture it.
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President Franklin D Rosevelt died of a stroke. Harry S Truman was then put into the position Truman had very little experience dealing with important political decisions.
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Soviet troops began their assult on berlin. with his empire in ruins Hitler then comited suicide. A week later german forces surrendered.
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Planes dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. the blast was something that was an incredible fource of destruction. It killed more than 130,000 people.
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Tje emporor of japan decided to surrender. this was one of the last to surrender and at las, ended world war 2.
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The Nuremberg TrialsShocked by the events that happened during the war the allies began to hold trials fpor those who commited crimes. the trials were held in nuremburg, Minila, and Tokoyo.
