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Winston Churchill
He started to come into power when he was about 21. He was the prime minister of england during WWII. He was the one that tried to warn aeveryone of Hitlers rise . He got the british people to keep up the fight against Axis powers despite the blitzkrieg from german planes. -
Benito Mussolini
He was a dictator who seized power in 1922 as the head of fascist power . he joined Axis powers with hitler which ultimatly pulged all of europe into total war. -
Adolf Hitler
He was the dictator who was the start of WWII in 1939, He was born in Austria , He preached his hatred for jews and said they were the cause of the defeat of WWI he rebuilt the armed forces in germany , and began attacking neighboring countries with the purpose of uniting the Germanic people. countries of Europe had their own problems, and followed a policy of appeasement toward Hitler. -
Charles DeGaulle
He was the president of France. He created blitzkrieg in wwII. He actually fought in WWII Also he was an ally of Winston Chruchill . -
Francisco Franco
Dictator of spain , he declareed a rebellion in 1939, he joined the allies and he was the younest general of spain. -
Josef Stalin
He was the dictator of russia , he murdered most the senior military officers , this mad hitler want to attack russia . russia invaded half of poland after hitler did. after the wr stalins power continued until his death. -
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The holocaust
This was the killing of Jews in Germany and also places Germany was in control of. They were put in death camps and work camps. This happen because hitler believed Germans and Aryans were superior to all others. Also he thought Jews were the cause of all that is bad. -
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Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Italian armed forces invade Italy, war going on between these two countries causes President Roosevelt to issue an announcement putting into effect an official ban on trade of arms, ammuntion, and implements of war. -
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Occupation of the Rhineland
The treaty of Versallies, the Rhineland became a demilitarized zone. Germany only had political control over this area but could not put any troops into it, But hitler made his troops Re-enter the Rhineland which broke the treaty of Versallies once again. -
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The Spanish Civil War
The war was started by a military rebellion, The war was caused by Francisco Franco . The war started after the old goverment was thrown out. Fascist and right-wingers fought loyalists and supporters of the republic -
Air raid on Guernica
Was caused by the Germans who bombed and spanish market, It killed 1,600 people and was said to be because germans wanted to test out what there plans could do. -
Neville Chamberlain
he became prime minister may 28 1937. he believed germany was not treated fairly so he allied with adolf hitler but in the end he found out that hitler could not be trusted his appeasment came to an end. He believed that allied with hitler would avoid pacifism. -
The Anschluss
This is the Union of Germany and Austria, This started when the Nazis assassinated Engelbert Dolfuss, Who was the Austrian chancellor , he was replaced by a weaker leader who gave into german demands. -
Munich conference
This was when an agreement was put into place allowing nazi germany to annex czechoslavakia's sudetenland which were along the czech boarders. -
Annexation of Czechoslovakia
The nazis took over the Sudetenland claiming it was rightfully theirs, they allowed anyone who did not want to be german to leave in advance. -
Nazi- Soviet Pact
hitler and stalin agreed not to attack each other and to divide up poland. -
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Invasion of Poland
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Battle of Britain
the bombing of british cities by german airforces. planned by the nazis to envade england. fortunetly britain developed radar system that gave them warning -
Fall of France
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Formation of Vichy France
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Formation of the " Free French"
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Formation of the Rome- Berlin - Tokyo Axis
Alliance between Germany,Italy and Japan who fought against Poland, France, Northern Africa and East Asia . Germany, Italy, and Japan joined together because they didnt like the terms that the treaty of Versallies listed. -
Operation Barbarossa
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General Hideki Tojo
he became minister of war in July 1941 and prime minister in October 1941. he attempted to improve relations with the US which failed,so he ordered to go to war and attack Pearl Harbor in December 1941. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
They attacked an important naval base on the hawaiian islands , the U.S was attacked without warning .Five U.S. battleships were destroyed and over 2000 americans were killed. -
Battle of Midway
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Battle of Stalingrad
Hitler attacked Russia and tryed to take over Stalians city, but killed 300,000 men. They drove out the germans from the U.S.S.A.R. -
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El alamein
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D-Day
The allies attacked German forces in effort to take back France from them. the allies attacked germany, like factories and airplanes so that they made sure it was a success -
Battle of the Bulge
This was the battle after Freeing the french it was by the germans , it lasted a month adn it was the last battle before hitler died this was the start of the end of the war in europe. -
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was the first sign to the U.S that Japan would fight to the death. This was one reason that the U.S dropped the Atomic bomb -
V-E Day
victory in europe the date when allies accepted the surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich -
Decision to use atomic weapons
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V-J Day