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In early 1921, politician Adolf HItler was already a strong public speaker. When he was first made leader, his own party deemed him dictoral and tried to weaken his powers but elected him Fuhrer of the party after they realized his absence would mean the end of the Nazi Party,
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After WWI people were looking for a way to make Italy strong again. Mussolini assembled a group together called the Fascists. After he was sworn in he had enough power to make himself dictator of Italy.
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After Vladmir Lenin, leader of the communist party, died in 1924, Stalin began to work his way up from General Secretary, eliminated opponents and and eventually became dictator.
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After the Mukden Incident, the Japanese Army, called the Kwantung Army, occupies the northern part of China
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President Paul von Hindenburg names Hitler the leader or Furher of Germany.
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These acts, which called for isolationism, meant the US would not get involved in the growing turmoil in Europe, or WWII.
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War was a colonial war fought between Italy and Ethiopia.
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On this date Hitler sends troops into the Rhineland, which directly goes against the conditions in the Treaty of Versailles, which said that the area was to be demilitarized. He did this to spread the power of Nazi Germany.
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People who believe a country should have a strong military take over Japan's government.
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The mass killing of many people over six weeks as the Japanese caputure the city of Nanjing
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This pact was to discuss the future of the Sudentenland already inhabited by ethnic Germans. Hitler was making a territorial demand for this area.
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This statement said that the Soviet Union and Germany would not attack each other.
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Six weeks after the Nazis launch their invasion of western Europe, France signed an armistance with Nazi Germany.
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Royal Air Force defeats German Air Force to prevent invasion of their island
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During WWII 15 million Americans were drafted into the way
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Under the codename Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany invades Soviet Russia, their largest military attack.
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The Atlantic Charter was a joint statement that said what the US and Britain aimed for after the war.
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The US declares war on Japan soon after Pearl Harbor
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This was a response to the governments fear of spies from Japan.
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The Battle of Stalingrad was a major and decisive victory for the Soviet Union against the Nazis.
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The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer of 75,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war to Bataan, after a three month battle.
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Six months after Pearl Harbor the US won against the Imperial Japanese Army
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People who wore Zoot Suits (Mexicans mainly) were seen as unpatriotic because they used a lot of material that was meant to be rationed,
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160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate France
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The Battle of Paris lasted until the 25th until the occupying Nazi forces signed an armistance
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The Battle of the Bulge was the bloodiest battle in World War II but it resulted in an Allied victory
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Recapture from Japan
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt suddenly passes away after four terms in office
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German forces officially surrendered, ending WWII
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After the defeat of Germany, the US looked to Japan. The first atomic bomb was called "Little Boy" and was dropped on Hiroshima. The second was called "Fat Man" and was dropped three days later on Nagasaki.
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On August 14 Emperor Hirohito announced that Japan would surrender unconditionally. The surrender took place September 2 aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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Leaders of Nazi Germany were brought to multiple military court sessions for war crimes and other crimes against humanity.