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Fascist appeals from the political right also failed to hold any attraction.Despite this political shift abroad,no fascist gained power in the United States.
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Japanese aliens and Japanese American citizens received no such respite.
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Hitler joined the small Nazi Party after the war and soon gained control of it.While in prison after the party attempted a rebellion,hitler dictated the book me in kampf("My Struggle"), in which he stated his explanations for the problems facing Germany.
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The acts imposed certain restrictions on Americans during times of war.
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The axis powers eventually included Germany,Italy,Japan,and several other nations.
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At the Munich Conference with Hitler,British prime minister Neville Chamberlain and French premier Edouard sacrificed the Sudentenland to preserve the peace.It merely postponed the war for 11 months.
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It was the most serious attack known as the "Night of the Broken Glass".
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After WWl Germany became a democracy. Germany was beset by severe economic troubles in the 1920s,including runaway inflation.
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Realizing that Hitler's next move would be against Poland,Britain and France signed an alliance with Poland,Guaranteeing aid if Hitler attacked.
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The Miracle of Dunkirk was a proud moment for Britain.Only a few tactical German mistakes gave Britain enough time to evacuate its forces from the French port of Dunkirk.
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Germany ceased their reparation payments, and the United States agreed to suspend France and Britain's war debt payments.
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When Roosevelt ran for an unprecedented third term in 1940,he knew that he had broken an unwritten rule,established by George Washington, that Presidents should serve only two terms.
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The act authorized Roosevelt to "sell, transfer title to,exchange,lease,lend,or otherwise dispose of,to any such government any defense article" whenever he thought it was necessary in the interests of the defense of the United States."
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A document that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of "general security". The signing of the Atlantic Charter signaled the deepening alliance between the two nations.
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The atomic bomb begin with an idea.In the early 1930s,scientists learned how to split the nuclei of certain elements.
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The Americans suffered heavy losses: nearly 2,500 people killed,8 battleships severely damaged,3 destroyers left unstable,3 light cruisers damaged,and 160 aircraft destroyed and 128 more damaged.
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Although Japan and the United States had been allies in World War l,conflict over power in Asia and the Pacific had been brewing between the two nations for decades prior to 1941.
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Americans looked for ways to contribute to the war effort.They Joined the military,volunteered with the Red Cross and other organizations,and moved into new jobs to help.
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Japanese troops forced the sick and malnourished prisoners of war, or POWs, to March 55 miles up the Bataan Peninsula to reach a railway that took them inland where they were forced to walk 8 miles.
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Yamamoto sought to destroy American aircraft carriers in the Pacific. He turned his attention to Midway, an American naval base in the Central Pacific that was vital to the defense of Hawaii.
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The image of Rosie the Riveter's rolled up sleeves, red kerchief, and river gun gave Americans an enduring image of women in wartime production.
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More than 11,000 planes prepared the way,attempting to destroy German communication and transportation networks and soften Nazi beach defenses.
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Later,during WWll,FDR's presidential power grew even greater. As commander in chief of the nation's armed forces,he exercised enormous authority over many aspects of life.
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The Germans caught the Allies by surprise,created a bulge in the American line, and captured several key towns.
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The protracted fighting gave the Allies time to make plans for a postwar world. Roosevelt,Churchill,and Stalin met at Yalta on the Black Sea in February 1945 to discuss final strategy and crucial questions concerning postwar Germany,Eastern Europe,and Asia.
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Americans celebrated victory in Europe.FDR did not see the momentous day. He had died a few weeks later.
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It exploded at 8:15 A.M. One survivor of the blast later recalled the first moments,within two minutes, more than 60,000 of Hiroshima's 344,000 residents were dead or missing.
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Isolationists countered by claiming that giving aid to the Allies was automatically harming the axis and would culminate with the United States entering the conflict.
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Over the next few days, Japanese leaders debated whether to surrender or continue the fight.Debate continued at the highest levels of Japanese government.Finally,emperor Hirohito made the decision to surrender.
