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Mussolini became the leader of Italy. He was a dictator.
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Hirohito became emperor of Japan. He was emperor for 63 years.
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Adolf Hitler was dictator of Nazi Germany.
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Annexation of Austria into Germany. Hitler gained more power.
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The Manhattan Project was a project to make atomic bombs. 2 of them were used on Japan.
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WW2 was the fight between the Allied Forces1 and the Axis Powers.
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Hitler invaded Poland which gave him more land. The Holocaust would soon affect Poland.
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The Neutrality Act of 1939 meant that the US would try to stay neutral. They wanted to isolate themselves from any wars.
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The German invasion of France. About 469,000 lives were lost in the war.
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The Battle of Britain was Nazi Germany invading Great Britain. 520 lives were lost.
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The Holocaust was Hitler's attempt to purify the german race by killing 6 million Jews and others.
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2403 lives were lost when Japan attack Pearl Harbor. 8 ships were lost in total.
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Japanese-Americans were removed from their homes and forced to live in certain areas with little privacy. The US thought that they had something to do with the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Thousands of American soldiers were rounded up and forced to walk to prison camps. Many died along the way.
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The Battle of Midway was a battle between the US and Japan. The US won.
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Germany and their allies invaded the Soviet Union. The city of Stalingrad surrendered
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D-Day was the battle between Germany and the Allies. The Allies won.
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The Yalta Conference is very famous. It talked about what people were going to do post-war.
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VE means victory in Europe. This is when Veterans Day was first celebrated.
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The US bombed Hiroshima. Japan still refused to give up.
