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The Nazi party was also known as the National Socialist Party. Racism was one of the core beliefs of this party.
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Promised to restore order to the economic problems and unrest through strong leadership.
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Stalin turned the Soviet Union into a complete Totalitarian State. This means that one party of government totally controls the government and all aspects of people's lives.
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The Japanese army seized this area of China without approval of the government.
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Almost immediately after he was named chancellor, he established a Totalitarian State, outlawing all other parties and passing strict anti-Semitic laws.
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The first act was a law to prevent the President from giving any loans of arms, money or food. This was how the US planned to remain isolated from conflict.
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Ethiopia fought well and enlisted for aid from the League of Nations but no one was able to help due to the weakened economies at the time.
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Militarists argued that the island nation needed more materials and space for their booming industries.
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Hitler not only sent troops into the Rhineland, but he also continued to strengthen the German army.
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The pillage of Nanjing was over a period of about six weeks.
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Hitler was given the land because he said he would seek no further territory.
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The reason for the Anti-Semitism in Germany was due to Hitler's beliefs that Jews were the reason they Germany lost WW1
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The pact surprised the world because Hitler and Stalin were known to be sworn enemies.
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Germany invaded Western Poland, and sixteen days later, Stalin invaded Eastern Poland, Finland, and later annexed Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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All of these invasions seemed to make Germany's army unstoppable. After these invasions Germany moved onto France.
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Britain stood alone against the Nazi war machine. Few thought the island nation stood a chance.
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Britain did everything they could to help the French in their time of need but Germany quickly overpowered he French.
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Allowed for greater spending towards possible entries into the war.
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This forced Churchill to work with Stalin. They both deeply mistrusted eachother.
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This resulted in FDR banning the American exports of iron, steel and other scrap metals to Japan.
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Set goals for what they wanted the postwar world to look like.
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Japan's goal of the attack was to take out the American Aircraft Carriers.
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70,000 American and Filipino soldiers were captured by the Japanese and forced to walk 65 miles to prison camps.
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Internment means to temporarily arrest or imprison.
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The Russians were also able to invade Germany from the east while the allies invaded from the west.
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Winning the Battle of Midway halted Japan's advance through the Pacific. This allowed the US to go on the offensive side of things.
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The allied forces sort of pushed their way north on the Italian Peninsula.
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Zoot suits were mostly worn by young Mexican men. They were beaten and clubbed by American soldiers which sparked the riots.
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Even though Italy surrendered, German forces continued to fight.
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All of the attacks on the five beaches went mostly smooth except for the one on Omaha Beach.
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Before Paris was liberated, the French people were under Nazi control for four years.
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This battle was fought in one of the coldest winters ever recorded in this area.
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The campaign cost over 350,000 Japanese lives.
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People were struck by the death of FDR. Some didn't know a time without him.
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HItler committed suicide soon after his defeat in Europe.
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They were dropped on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
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The surrender took place on the USS Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay.
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War crimes are wartime acts of cruelty and brutality that are judged to be beyond the accepted rules of war and human behavior.
