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benito mussolini-italy
-Facism was an authoritarian political movement that developed in italy and other europeans countries after 1919
-Fascist program emphasized intense nationalism, productivism, anti socialism, elitism and the need for a strong leader mussolini -
joseph stalin-USSR
-Joseph stalin was a powerful communist leader in the early years of the soviet union. he was a dictator who terrorized the population and send many people to prison and labor camps.
-One of the communist leaders greatest task was colectivize farming. stalin created a state-owned farms.
-While stalin was the leader he steadily increased his power. many of his enemies were shot or sent to siberia -
japanese expansion
-Japanese expansion in east asia began in 1931 with the invasion of manchuria and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on china. on september 27, 1940, japan signed the tripartite pact with germany and italy. then the US had stopped trade with the japanese which led them to attack the US and british forces in asia, and shortly after the japanese had dropped a bomb on pearl harbor leading to the US declaring war on the japanese and joining the war -
Adolph hitler-germany
-A dictatorship requires one person and a party to be in control of a nation and a c
-Personal freedom disappear in Nazi germany
-Hitler asked hinderburg to grant him emergency power in view of the "communist takeover" -
german expansion
-The german invasion of western prland pn 1 september 1939 led to WW2. between 1939 and 1941 the german army invaded and occupied many countries, including the netherlands, belgium, lexembourg, france, denmark, yugoslavia, greece norway and westerd poland. the invasion of poland both britain ans france had declared war on germany and ten began the war because german invasion continued more of the countries declared war on the german and their allies which caused an international response -
george marshall
-Throughout the war, general george C. marshall (1880-1959) acted as chief of staff and the organizer of victory e worked closely with president roosevelt to urge military preparednesss before pearl harbor, built up and supplied an army of 8 million men and later helped to oversee the creation of the first atomic bomb -
m1semi automatic rifle & radar
-The design of M1 allowed the americans to fire more shots against their german and japanese counter parts
-Battles were won by the side that was first to spot enemy airplains, ships, or submarines. the radar helped see hundreds of miles away even at night -
rationing
-Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources and goods
-Rationing items were gasoline, tires, meat and jellies
-People had to used "Rationing goods" which were issued to each family based on its size -
rosie the riveter
-Was a cultural icon during WW2 representing the woman who worked in factories many who produced munitions or war supplies -
lend lease program
-Gave the president the authority to sell lease lend, or otherwise disposed of a defence article to any nation whos defense he considered critical to that of the US
-Neutrality by claiming that loans were interest of nation defense, goods were not destroyed or lost in battle were to be returned or paid for
-It allowed the US to provide its alies with aid in the form of tanks ammunition and construction sipplies