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Originally a socialist Mussolini became prime minister leading the way for a fascist government. He wanted to be the modern Cesar of Italy and that is what drove him.
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Stalin started gaing power after the death of lennin in 1924. Stalin ruled with terror and an iron fist.
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Hitler's rise to power began in the mid 1920's as the German economy was struggling. He was appointed chancellor of Germany as hope for a better prosperous future
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This war resulted in the Italian military occupying Ethiopia. It sent the message that even though both countries were in the league of nations, it proved at the time that the league of nations wasn't effective enough
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A war between republican who supported the spanish republic and the rebel nationalists led by general Francisco Franco. The nationalists won and this led to Franco ruling Spain from 1939 to 1975.
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Hitler came to Austria to unite it as part of the German Nazi power. The chancellor of austria however did not want to do this but resigned days later as chancellor allowing Nazi's to put a government of their own in Austria.
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This marked an agreement with Germany, Italy, and Japan as axis powers. This however did not mean all three countries trusted eachother. This was a defense for each axis power country, it is also known as the pact of steel.
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It was signed between the Nazi's and Soviets to stop fighting for 10 years. It was done to for Stalin to build up his army and keep peace with Germany.
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This was a massive invasion to take over Poland that included ofver 1.5 million nazi soldiers. It was Hitler's plan to take over poland and enslave the slavs. Two days later France and Britain declared war on Germany.
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The battle of Britain consisted of a fight between British and German air forces. Britain won the fight and prevented German troops from invading Great Britain.
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Tojo's rise to power first started off as a general that initiated Chinese conflict in 1937 and later became the army minister. He was known for his bueracratic efficiency
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It was an attack on U.S. naval ships and planes by the Japanese. The day after president Roosevelt declared war on Japan.
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It was a counter attack on Japan by the U.S. that hurt the Japanese navy heavily. This put the U.S. in an offensive position.
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It was a battle that the Soviets defeated the Germans over conquering the city of Stalingrad. It was a bloody battle that resulted in roughly 2 million deaths.
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It was decided by high ranking German officials that Hitler should die becasue of the unforgiving war Germany has been put through. The plan was to have a suitcase with a bomb to go off during a meeting in a bunker. This unfortunatly failed and left Hitler with just minor injuries.
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The allied powers had an invasion of over 50,000 soldiers along the coast of France. They liberated the Normandy region France.
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It was an attempt of a suprise attack by Hitler to split allied armies in North West Europe through the Ardennes. Hitler was unsucsessful due to general Patton stopping the attack
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President Roosevelt died during his retreat to Warm Springs, Georgia. This gave Harry Truman the job of Commander and Chief.
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After being captured by Italian Partisians, he was tried for war crimes and executed publicly.
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Hitler commited suicide in his bunker along with his wife Eva with his service pistol.
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It stands for victory in Europe, it marked the defeat of the Nazi regime. This was a time of rejoicing for Britain and America.
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This was the first nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima that killed 80,000 people immediately and killed another ten thousand more days after. This was a way for America to end the war in the Pacific really quick.
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This was a second nuclear bombing from America that mad the Japanese surrender. The bomb killed around 60 to 80 thousand people.
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This marked the day that Japan surrendered to the allied powers. This ended World War II.
