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After Germany attacked Russia, the Russians joined the Allies. The Russians stopped the Axis Powers from expanison in Russia in the battles of Moscow and Stalingrad.
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Mussolini was the ruler of Italy during WWII. He arranged an alliance with Germany and Japan. Together, these three nations worked to conquer Europe.
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Hitler organized the brutal attack on jews and others who did not agree with the German policies. Hitler organized "The Final Solution" which was a plan to get rid of all jews. About 11 million people died because of this hatred by Hitler.
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Adolf Hitler was the fuher of Germany from 1934-1945. He organized the Nazi party and ordered the killing of jews all over.
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The Italians were angry about an earlier loss to Ethiopians in years before, so they decided to attack again. This time, the Italians conquered Ethiopia easily because of Ethiopia's lack of modern weapons.
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The Germans entered the Rhineland, avoiding the rules put on them by the Treaty of Versailles.
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This was a conflict between the nationalists and the loyalists. The U.S remained neutral during this conflict.
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This axis was formed by a series of agreements made by Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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Germany had new and improved aircraft and weapons. Guernica was the victim of the test and over 1,000 people died in the attack.
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Neville signed the Munich agreement to give the Sudetenland to Germany. He also had an appeasment foreign policy which was a policy to try and avoid war.
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The leaders of Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy met in Munich, Germany and Hitler demanded possession of the Sudetenland.
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Hitler decided he needed more land for his people, so he invaded Czechoslovakia.
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Francisco Franco was a Spanish general, dictator, and leader of the nationalist military in the Spanish Civil War.
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This was an agreement with Stalin and Hitler not to fight and to divide up land in Eastern Europe and Poland. Hitler signed it because he did not want to fight the USSR and the Western democracies at the same time.
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When the Germans attacked Poland, France declared war on Germany. This was the start of World War II.
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Charles DeGaulle led the French forces during WWII. He also organized the Free French forces.
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Germany and Italy invaded France and after this Germany controlled northern France while using the southern part as a puppet state, being the capital of the Vichy.
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This was started by a general named Charles de Gaulle who escaped to Britain. There were 1,300,000 members by the end of the war in Europe.
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This was the puppet state for Germany and it was formed after the fall of France.
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This battle was fought entirely in the air. The objective of this battle was to gain control over the RAF.
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This was an attack on Russia which was based on blitzkrieg. Hitler thought that Germans needed more living space.
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Hideki Tojo planned the attack on Pearl Harbor. Tojo realized that he could not win the win in 1945, so he shot himself, but survived. Hideki Tojo was executed on December 23, 1948.
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Japan wanted war with the U.S, so they attacked Pearl Harbor. This attack killed many people and destroyed many american ships.
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This battle was fought over a U.S base at Midway atoll.
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Hitler tried to take over the city of Stalingrad in Russia. After the Germans were defeated, they were in full retreat.
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This was the battle that U,S had to try and gain control into Germany. After many deaths, the U.S finally gained control.
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This battle was fought during the winter of 1944-1945. Hitler tried to break the alliance between France, Britain, and the U.S because he thought that they were not strong, so he could win easily.
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The Battle of Iwo Jima was set for the U.S to take the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. This was one of the fiercest wars of WWII because the japanese positions on the island were heavily fortified.
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This is the day that the Allies celebrated their victory in Europe during WWII.
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The U.S decided to drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This killed over 73,000 people.
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Japan surrendered to the Allies ending WWII. This day is known as "Victory over Japan Day".
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Winston led his country into a victory against the Nazi's and the Axis Powers during WWII.