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Benito Mussolini
He was the Prime Minister of Italy. -
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Joseph Stalin
Stalin was the communist dictator of Russia before and during WWII occured. -
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World War II
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was the Nazi-Germany dictator during WWII. By the 1930s Hitler had more power than many other rulers in Europe. He gained much land like Poland and Czechoslovakia. When Hitler was in jail he wrote a book called “Mein Kampf” which meant my struggle. This book talked about what his goals for the future. The biggest one was later called the Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the biggest times in history and still is today. Hitler wanted only full-blooded Germans living in (on paper) -
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Italian Invasion of Ethipoia
Mussolini was the leader of Italy at this time. He invaded Ethiopia. There was no way that Ethiopia could win with their old weapons when Mussolini had tanks, machine guns, poison gas, and airplanes. Although the League of Nations did vote sanctions counter to Italy, they still conquered the land of Ethiopia. -
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The Holocaust
Between 1939 and 1945, a very disgusting part in history occurred. That is the Holocaust. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany, had enough power to conquer his goals. He desperately wanted to purify the German race with only full-blooded Germans. Hitler wanted entire extermination of all Jewish people but he also didn’t want any gypsies, homosexuals, or the disabled. If you were not German you were most likely sent to a concentration camp or the ghettos. Being sent to the concentration (on paper) -
Occuptaion of the Rhineland
On March 7, 1936 the German army (around 32,000 armed men) marched there way into the Rhineland. Hitler was going against everything the Treaty of Versailles said. -
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Fransisco Franco
In 1936, Francisco Franco was the conservative general in the army. Mussolini (Italian prime minister) and Hitler (Nazi-Germany dictator) both had respect for Franco. Franco was a nationalist and started the revolt in Spain. This was the Spanish Civil War. He had the support of nationalists and fascists. If you didn’t support Franco then you were a loyalist who was communist and/or you didn’t like Mussolini or Hitler. Italy and Nazi Germany both sent forces to help out Franco. Germany (on paper) -
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Spanish Civil War
In 1931, Spain was very unsettled. The king was forced to leave making the government a republic. There were many controversies between the nationalists and the loyalists. Francisco Franco led the civil war in 1936. He had the support of fascists as well as Mussolini (Italian leader) and Hitler (German leader) sending forces to help out the nationalist’s side. The loyalists had supporters who agreed with communism and received help from the Soviet Union as well. Also people who (on paper) -
Air raid of Guernica
Guernica was a very small town in Spain. During the Spanish Civil War the German air forces were dropping bombs on this innocent town. After that they went to the ground with machine guns and killed everyone who wasn't already. Around 1,000 people died. -
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Neville Chamberlain
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The Anschluss
The Anshluss unified Nazi Germany and Austria. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference was to talk about Hitler's future plans and what to do with Sudentenland. England and France chose appeasment which wouldnt start a fight. -
Annexation of Czechoslovakia
Hitler wanted as much land as he could get so he thought it was necessary to annex the Sudetenland ( a region of western Czechoslovakia). -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
The Nazi-Soviet Pact was a way for Stalin and Hitler to have a calm alliance. Stalin was scared of fascism, war with Germany, and wanted some of Eastern Europe land. Hitler feared communism and a war at the same time with western Europe and the Soviet Union. The Nazi-Soviet Pact was a way to comprimise the needs. -
Invasion of Poland
This event led to the beginning of WWII. Germany invaded Poland which led England and France declared a war on Germany. This event showed Hitler's and the Nazi's power of blitzkrieg (lightning war). -
Formation of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
Since Italily,Germany and Tokyo all feared that they were too weak, they formed an Axis. They made anagreement to fight the Soviet communism and to not intervene with any countries plans for more land. -
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Battle of Britain
The battle of Britain was between Britain and Germany. This was one of the first times radars were used. In this battle, radars were used to track German aircraft. Fairly after the battle, the British started to use sonars to detect when German submarines where near. -
Formation of the "Free French"
This was led by Charles de Gualle who wanted to fight againts Nazi-Germany to get back France. -
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Charles DeGaulle
Charles DeGualle was a part of the formation of the "Free French". He wanted everyone to not agree with Nazi-Germany and to try to get France back. -
Formation of Vichy France
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Fall of France
On June 22, 1940 northern France became occupied by the Germans. While Italy was fighting with southern France, Germany also wanted to be involved and attack. The Germans goal was to reach Paris. By the time Germany came to attack, France was very weak. They lost several men and didn’t have enough weapons to fight back. They were forced to sign documents for there surrender. Germany then set up a “governmental state” down in southern France with the capital at Vichy. When France ( on paper) -
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Winston Churchill
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Operation Barbarossa
This event was named after Fredrick Barbarossa who was an old Germanic Leader. Nazi-Germany approached the Soviet Union and Stalin unprepared. In June of 1941, three million Nazi’s went into the Soviet Union and attacked. More than 2 and a half million of the Soviet Union’s army died trying to fight back the Nazi’s with no time to prepare. Around October, Hitler destroyed the Soviet Union and took Moscow and Leningrad. Just like Napoleon and his army, Hitler was unaware of the (on paper) -
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General Hideki Tojo
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was woken up to a mind-boggling surprise. They were being attacked by the Japanese. The Japanese had several aircrafts planes fly over in two different sessions. This event caused by kamikaze killed around 2,400 people, ruined 8 ships and destroyed hundreds of airplanes. The Japanese wanted to destroy everything that the Pacific army base had so they could not fight back. The president of the United States at this time was President Roosevelt.(on paper) -
Battle of Midway
This battle was an impact of the attack of Pearl Harbor. The Battle of Midway was fought all in air. The United States and Japan were involved. The US completely ruined four of Japans major carriers and a few hundred airplanes. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler, leader of Germany, invaded Stalingrad (city named after Stalin) for their oil fields. The Soviet Union defeated Nazi-Germany. -
El Alamein
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D Day
The objective of D-Day was for Western allies to get onto the land of France therefore they can push through toward Germany. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitlers goal for the Battle of the Bugle was to try to break the allies in half ( the US and Britain). This was Hitlers last big war. -
Iwo Jima
The US had started a campaign called " Island Hopping" which meant that Japan had many islands that the US wanted so they needed to Island Hop and Iwo Jima was one of those islands. -
V-E Day
VE-Day was the Victory in Europe. Hitler's third reich finally surrendered. -
Decision to use atomic weapons
The two places that were hit with atomic bombs were the Japanese cities Hiroshima with 80,000 deaths and Nagaski causing 40,000 deaths. These were caused by the U.S President Harry S. Truman. -
V-J Day
This is the day the Japan surrendered which led to the ending fo World War II. ( The picture on the left is a very famous picture taken in Time Square on V-J Day).
