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Benito Mussolini
He was a leading proponent of Facism. He became prime minister in 1922. In World War 2 Musssonlini alliedhimeself with Hitler, relying on the German dictator to prop up his leadership. -
Dictator
A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force. Adolf Hitler served as dictator for Germany. -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf hitler became chancellor and head of the Nazis. Nazis and their collaborators were responsible for the deaths of 11 million to 14 million people, including 6 million Jews, representing two thirds of the Jewish population in Europe. The deaths happend in conecentraton and extermintaion camps and through mass executions. -
U.S declares neutrality
After the U.S. was lured into the first World War, it was declared neutral in the European war. -
Vernon J. Baker
He was assigned to the segregated 270th Regiment of the 92nd Infantry Division, the first black unit to go into combat in WWII. -
Fascism
A governmental system led by dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and critiscism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggresive nationalism and often racism -
Lend Lease Act
It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for which Congress appropriated money to " the government of any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States". -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at pearl harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. Killing 2,000 american soldiers and another 1,000 wounded. -
Japanese- American Internment camps
After the Pearl Harbor bombing, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 ordering all Japanese- Americans to evacuate the west coast. 120,000 people were relocated to 10 internment camps. -
office of war information
Created during World War II to consolidate existing government information services and deliver propaganda both both at home and abroad. -
Victory gardens
Planting Victory Gardens helped make sure that there was enough food for our soldiers fighting around the world. At the peak there were more than 20,000,000 Victory Gardens planted around the U.S. -
Audie Murphy
After the Germans killed his friend Lattie Tipton, Murphy charged and killed the Germans then commandeered the German's machine gun and grenades and attacked several more nearby positions. Murphy was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and later 33 U.S. military medals, including the Purple Hearts and one medal of honor. -
Winston Churchill
Churchill collaborated with the president and soviet leader to develop a united strategy against the axis powers, and helped craft the post-war world with the united nations as its centerpiece, He lead britian agaisnt the germans. -
Franklin D, Roosevelt
He was the on U.S. president to be elected four times and he led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. -
Nazism
Is a set of political beliefs associated with the Nazi Party of Germany. -
Propaganda
Propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an allied victory. -
Harry S. Truman
He dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, ending World War II. His policy of Communist started the Cold War, and initiated U.S. involvement in the Korean War. -
Womens roles in WWII
Many women worked in factoried for the men who were at war or on the home front but 350,000 women joined the armed forces. -
War bonds and Rationing
War bonds and rationing were seen as a way to remove money from circulation as well as reduce inflation.
