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Adolf Hitler
Hitler's rise to power began when he joined the DAP -
Joseph Stalin
Stalin came into power by outmaneuvering his rivals and winning the power struggle for control of the Communist Party. -
Hirohito
Hirohito came to power by a democratic sentiment, but he soon turned to ultra-nationalism and militarism -
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Hitler's Control
Hitler and his party called the Nazi's took over the country in a dictatorship. Germany was made into a totalitarian state that controlled everyone's way of life -
Japanese Aggression
The Japanese invaded China to take over large Chinese railroad and coastal areas. They did this because Japan didn't have many natural resources. -
Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Act allowed nations to buy goods and arms in the US if they paid for it and carried it to their own ships -
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WWII
A war between Allied and Axis powers over gaining territory -
Battle of Britian
A fight involving Britain and Germany in the air to keep from harming the UK -
Fall of France
France had fallen under Germany's power after they captured Northern France -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Militarism is one cause of the attack on Pearl Harbor because Japan didn't want the US to interfere with their military actions in Asia
- The Great Depression was another cause of the Pearl Harbor attack because
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Holocaust
Genocide during WWII run by Hitler and his Nazis. Hitler did this to kill off people he felt weren't worthy enough, couldn't work, or just weren't perfect enough. The Jewish were the ones who were killed off the most. -
Battle of Midway Island
The United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, causing a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre -
Bataan Death March
Japan's armies forced Allied troops and primarily Americans to be forced to walk till their death -
Battle of Stalingrad
-Largest confrontation of WWII
- Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
D-Day
Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France -
V-E Day
Germany surrendered -
Atomic Bomb
-Manhattan Project
-Truman decided they needed to act big and fast -
Yalta Conference
-The end of the war
