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When the Nazi party was founded, Adolf Hitler joined to become it's leader and eventually rule Germany.
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Benito Mussolini was originally a revolutionary Socialist, he forged the paramilitary Fascist movement in 1919 and became prime minister in 1922.
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Although Stalin transformed the Soviet Union from a peasant society into an industrial and military superpower, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign.
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The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo, and their occupation lasted until the end of World War II.
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Hitler's emergence as chancellor, marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world.
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forbade all loans or credits to nations engaged in war or conflict, but did not cover civil wars and materials like trucks and oil.
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demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations when decisions were not supported by the great powers.
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The Japanese believed that should dominate the political and social life of the nation, and that the strength of the military is equal to the strength of a nation.
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Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by sending German military forces into the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone along the Rhine River in western Germany.
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a brutal massacre of a quarter of a million people
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the "Munich Agreement" gave Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia to Germany
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The civilians were captured in groups unsuspectedly, or kidnapped from selected city quarters that had been surrounded by German forces ahead of time.
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this was an agreement between the two countries to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years.
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Hitler claimed that the invasion was an act of defense, but Britain and France were not convinced and declared war on Germany.
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The Germans moved to take land and gain control of countries
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Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
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Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
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Germany had a well-organized operation to turn west and take over France.
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this required that men who had reached their 21st birthday but had not yet reached their 36th birthday register with local draft boards
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this causes USSR to join England in fighting the Germans
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The Atlantic Charter provided a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims.
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The Japanese invaded French Indochina to prevent the Republic of China from importing arms and fuel through French Indochina along the Sino-Vietnamese Railway
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Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans.
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Following the attack on pearl harbor, the US was at war with Japan. Two days later Germany and Italy declared war on the US.
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approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps.
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over 127,000 Americans were imprisoned.
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This battle saves Moscow from Hitler and the Nazi party.
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This battle was the turning point of the war in the pacific.
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As allies, Germany and Italy had been invading and battling other countries, in North Africa Britain and America defeated the Nazi's and their allies
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sailors and marines were constantly beating up young mexicans for wearing "zoot suits"
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the Grand Council of Fascism voted against mussolini, and the King had him arrested the following day.
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when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region.
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the allied forces swept in unopposed and liberated Paris
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This was the last offensive of the German Forces
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Allied forces liberated the islands from Japanese control in a naval invasion.
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FDR died because of an intracerebral hemorrhage and Harry S. Truman became president.
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The start of a public holiday to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's surrender of its armed forces.
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On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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On August 14, 1945, (victory over japan day), it was announced that Japan had surrendered to the Allies, effectively ending World War II.
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held in Nuremberg, Germany; Manila, Philippines and Tokyo Japan.
