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benito mussolini-italy
fascism was an authoritarian politicalmovement that developed in ltaly and other europeans countries after 1919.
fascist program emphasized intense nationalism,productivism,anti sociliam,elitism an the need for a strong leader mussolini -
stalin-USSR
joseph stalin was a powerful communist leader in the early years of the soviet union. he was a dictator who terrorized the population and sent people to prison and labor camps.
one of the com -
joseph stalin
Joseph stalinwas a powerful coomunist leader in the early years of the soviet union.he was a dictator who terrorized the population and sent many people to orison and labor camps.
-one of the communist leader greatest task was collectivize farming.stalinn created a state-owned farms -
japan
japan invaded manchuria ( china's eastern seabord) because japan was becoming very crowded without being able expand because of being an island. japan believed manchuris was rich with minerals, so it was an obvious plan for japan. -
adolph hitler-german
a dictatorship requires one person and one party to be in control of of a nation and a climate of fear.
personal freedom disappeared in nazi germany .
hitler hinder to grant him emergency powers in view of the "communist takeover -
Adolf Hitler
in german, adolph hiter had followed a path to power similar to mussolini's in 1919 he joined a struggling group called the nazi party
- he established a dictorship as brutal or worse than stalin's
-he was determind to achieve german domination of europe -
germany expansion
*germany stated acquriring german speaking area lost after ww1 like sudetenland, czechoslovakia hungary and poland.
increasingly a global political divisionemerged between democratic societies and totalitarian states (Germany) actions, at first nothing went germany did not stop enemy. -
german expansion
in germany adolph hitler had follwed -
germany
at the beginning of the 1930's , adolph hitler is nazi party ex ploited wide spread &deep-seated where discontent in germany to extract popular support. -
m1 semi automatic rifle and daar
M1- the design of the m1 allowed the americans to fire more shots against their german and japanese counter parts
Radar-battle were won by the side that was first to spot enemy,ships,or submarines, the radar helped see hundreds of miles away even at night. -
rationing
rationing is the controlled disribution of scarce resouce & goods
rationing items were gas -
civilian dispense organization
roosevelt set up the office of civilian dispense (ocd) to coordinate state and federal measures to protect civilians in war-related emergency.
the OCD organized the U.S citizen defese corps to recruit and tranied volunteered to perform essential tasks -
civilian defense organization
Roosevelt set up the office of civilian defense (OCD) to coordinate state and federal measures to project civilians in war-realted emergency. -
women in the military
wacs-women army crops
-auxiliary unit
-women were doing the office things and the men in the offices were shipped over seas to fight
-the women accepted for volunteer emergency service in the navy
-at the end of ww2 the women couldn't stay in the navy -
war bonds
way to remove money from circulation as well as reduce inflation
people would buy bonds & the gov. -
rosie the riverter
in 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home.
rosie the riverter star of a government -
lend lease program
gave the president the authority to slee lease lend,or otherwise dispose of any defense article to any nation whose defense he considered critical to that of the U.S -
pear harbor
japanese planes attacked the U.S naaval base at pearl harbor,hawaii territory.
the bombing killed more than 2,300 americans destroying the american battleship U.S.S -
bernard montgomery
was a senior british army officer who fought in both wars.
during the second war he committed the british eighth army -
executive order 9066
was u.s presidential executive order and during ww2 by fdr.
the document order the removel of resident enemy allies from parts of the west vaguely identififed as military areas.
9066 afected ltalian and german americans the largest numbers of detainees were by far japanese americans to relocate to the interior interment camps away western coastal regions -
executive order 9066
us presidential excutive order signed & issued during WW2 by FDR authorizing the secretary of war to prescribe certain area as military zones clearing the way for the deportation of japanese -
bataan death march
the bataan death march happened after the U.S surrender of the bataan penin sula it affected the war tide in favor of the axis poerws. -
battle of midway
the battle of midway pushed the war tide in favor of the allied powers since if was one of the most decisive U.S victories against japan. -
douglas macathur
was a americans five-star general and field marshall of the philippine army.
douglas macarthur led the island happebing -
higgings boat and nuclear weapons
higgins boat was a landings craft used extensively in amphibious landing in wwll. the craft was designed by adrerw higgins based on booats made for operating in swamps & marshes. -
waves
women accepted for volunteer emergency service (WAVES) was created in 1942 in respones the need for additionsl military personnel during WW2. -
victory gardens
as part of war effort,the government rationed foods like sugar, butter,milk,cheese.eggs,coffee,meat &canned goods.
the government turned to its citizen & encourage them to plant "victory gardens" -
radar and m-1 semi automatic rifle
used to create an electoronic map of all objects in all dirctions and great distances aways as possible.
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Isorku yamamoto
japanese marshall admiral & commander in chief of the combined fleet.
played avital role -
erwin rommel
field marshal erwin rommel was are of germans most popular generals during WW1.on D-day he discussed with other officers about about surrendering. -
chester w . nimitz
was leading the U.S navy authority on submarines he was the U.S lost surriving officer who ranked a fleet adminral. -
omar bradley
was a senior officer of the U.S army
he was in services in the north america & western europe durind WW2 -
rosie the riveter
was the cultural icon during the second world war representing the women who worked in factories many who produced munitions or war supplies -
george c marshall
throughout the war general george C Marshall (1880-1959) acted as chief of staff & the "organizer of victory" -
dwight d . eisenhower
he was supreme commander of allied forces.
led the massive invasion of nazi - occupied europe that began on D-days. -
george patton
led the U.S 7th army in its invasion of sicily and swept across northern france.
patton forces palyed a key role the featuring the german counterattack in the battle of the bulge. -
D-days
effected the war tide for the allies positively because the battle foreshadowed the end hitlers