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Winston Churchill
A british politician, led a country that was bombarded almost daily by German planes; advocate of democracy and patriotism. -
Bebito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party, ruling the country from 1922 to his ousting in 1943. allied with Germany. -
Harry S. Truman
33rd president of the United states and he succsefully concluded WW2 -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. -
U.S. declares Neutrality
The U.S. wanted to stay out of the war even sent out money to Great Britian. -
Vernon Baker
Another famous and highly decorated solider, Medal of Honor recipient -
Audie Murphy
decorated wwII soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, and movie star -
Rape of Nanking
the mass rape and murder of chinese citizens by Japanese soliders. -
Fascism
An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization -
Nazism
The ideology and practice of the Nazis, especially the policy of racist nationalism, national expansion, and state control of the economy. -
Dictator
A dictator is a ruler who assumes sole and absolute power but not officially sanctioned by heritage, as in an absolute monarch -
Lend Lease Act
America mass created machines and war weapons for other countries to lend and lease. -
Pearl Harbor
the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan -
Japanese-American Interment Camps
immediate cause for the US entry into WWII; considered by FDR as the a "date which will live in infamy" -
Propaganda
trying to get others interested in an event or guilt trip them into doing in the good of others -
War Bonds and Rationaling
A way for America to make money off war. -
Womens Roles in WWII
Women were finally able to work in "manly" jobs. -
Office of War information
was a U.S. government agency created during World War II to consolidate government information services -
Victory Gardens
all different types of people in all types of communites were able to help the war effort this way -
Firebooming of Dresden
was an attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, that took place in the final months of the Second World War.
