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Benito Mussolini
Mussolini was a very cruel dictator of Italy. He used fascism to control Italy. Also he uses terrorism to get what he wanted. if there was someone against his ways, then he would kill them. -
Josef Stalin
Stalin, like hitler was a very mean dictator in Russia, he was also a Bolshevik revolutionarie. He also used terror to conrol the people of Russia -
Adolf Hitler
Hitler was like Mussolini, but he had much more hate or Jewish people. He also hated the Treaty of Versailles. While Hitler was in power, he used TOTAL WAR to gain many terrtories during WWII, and also to get revenge. -
The Holocaust
A mass extermination of races. -
The Holocaust January 30th 1933 - May 8th 1945 ID
The Holocaust was a mass extermination of Jews, homosexuals and other races. About 9 million people died in the Holocaust. The Holocaust’s main death camp was in Poland; Auschwitz. Hitler wanted to exterminate them because he thought they weren’t the master race, he also thought that there were the cause of there problems. To be considered part of the master race, you had to have had no Jewish relatives dead or alive. This is what the Holocaust was.
The Holocaust is important because it showed -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a mass extermination of Jews, homosexuals and other races. About 9 million people died in the Holocaust. -
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Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
The Italian government invade Ethiopia on their conquest for more land.The Ethiopians fought back, but did not have the modern technology to defeat the Italians -
Italian invasion of Ethiopia
The Italian government invade Ethiopia on their conquest for more land. -
Occupation of the Rhineland
Germany invaded the Rhineland, which is the border to France. These actions by Germany violated the hated Versailles Treaty. This increased Hitler's popularity, because it took down the Treaty that destroyed Germanys economy. -
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Spanish Civil War
The popular front won elections in February of 1936 and that cause a weak government of the moderate left, which could not survive the revolutionaries. -
Air raid on Guernica
Guernice was a provinces of northern Spain.The air raid on Guernice killed 1,654 people, and injuired about 1000 people. -
Neville Chamberlain
Neville was the prime minister of the UK, He is best know for his APPEASEMENT on signing the Munich Pact, that allowed Hitler to invade Czech. -
Anschluss
Anschluss was the take over of Austria by Germany. Anschluss means connection,union, or annexation -
Munich Conference
This conference made Hitler able to take over Sudetenland, but he had to promise not to invade anywhere else. Britain and France appeased Hitlers demand so that war would not break out. -
Munich Conference September 28th 1938 ID
This conference was held in Munich Germany. The conference made Hitler able to take over Sudetenland, but he had to promise not to invade anywhere else. Britain and France appeased to Hitler’s demand so that war would not break out. After the conference and after he had taken the Sudetenland, he broke his promise and stared to take over other land. The Munich Conference also showed Hitler that France and Britain would do anything to keep the peace, and that made Hitler think he could take over F -
Annexation of Czechoslovakia
The annexation of Czechoslovakia began with the northern and western parts of Czechoslovakia. Hitler only wanted the Sudetenland, so after he got it he wanted to keep the rest of Czechoslovakia weak -
Francisco Franco
He was the head of Spains government and state. During the Spanish civil war he over threw the government and thats how he got his position. -
Nazi-Soviet pact
Germany and Russia signed an agreement of NEUTRALITY, saying that if the otther got into war, the other would not fight with or against them. -
Invasion of Poland
When Germany invaded Poland, the Polish army was defeated within weeks. The Germanys mass amount of airplanes and tanks was too much for the Polish army to handle. -
Winston Churchill
Winston was a Prime Minister twice in the UK. He had great leadership during WWII. He was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. Lastly, he won a noble peace prize for literature. -
The Formation of Vichy France
The formation of Vichy France was when Hitler forced France to sign a treaty saying that Germany gets onethird of the land in France. This new French capital was Vichy. -
Formation of the "Free French"
The formation of Vichy France also caused the formation of the Free French . These peopl were ex-army officials that fought against the German people in France. -
Fall of France
Outnumbered and outgunned the French realized that they would not be able to defeat the Germany army and its huge BLITZKRIEG. -
Fall of France May 10th - June 25th 1940 ID
On May 10th 1940, the Germans launched an invasion of France and the lower countries. Just four days later German troops crossed the French lines. Attempts by the Allies for launching counterattacks by air and land failed. Outnumbered and outgunned the French realized that they would not be able to defeat the Germany army and its huge blitzkrieg. On June 25th, the French government finally surrendered. This is how France fell.
The fall of France is important to World War II because this gave Ge -
Battle of Britain
This was the fight between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffte. The Germans expected Britain to surrender because they were the only democracy left, but Britains resistes beat the Germans back, with the help of Winston Churchill. -
Charies DeGaulle
He led the Free French in WWII, and later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first president from 1959 to 1969 -
Formation of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact in 1940 September 27th which became know as the Axis Alliance. -
Operation Barbarossa
This Operation was to invade the USSR. Germans used the blitzkrieg style on the USSR. Hitler Invaded the USSR for resources. -
Hideki Tojo
He was the Prime Minister of Japan during WWII, also he is responsible for the bombing at Pearl Harbor. -
Pearl Harbor
This was the attack on the U.S. military base at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese airplains used its RADAR to detect and destroyed 19 ships, and kill more than 2,400 people. The US was shocked by the attack because the Japanese were PACFIST. -
Pearl Harbor December 7th 1941 ID
This was the attack on the U.S. military base at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese airplanes used its radars to detect and destroyed 19 ships, and kill more than 2,400 people. The US was shocked by the attack because the Japanese were pacifist. Pearl Harbor officially let the Allies know that Japan has joined the war against them. This is what Pearl Harbor was.
Pearl Harbor was a big turning point for US, because they new that their home soil would not be safe if they didn’t start contributing to the -
Battle of Midway
This battle stopped the Japanese expansion. This made the U.S. get on the offensive. It also started the ISLAND HOPPING campaign, and with this the US took back many islands from the Japanese. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was one of the most expensive. Hitler attacked Russia and wanted to control Stalins empire. This battle killed 300,000 men. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was one of the most expensive. Hitler attacked Russia and wanted to control Stalins empire. This battle killed 300,000 men. -
El Alamein
This battle stopped the advance of the Germans in North Africa. -
D-Day
This was the invasion of France, that took back France from the Germans. The Allies sent about 176,000 troops. To get to the beaches, the Alllied ships had to use SONAR to detect any underwater mines -
D-Day June 6th 1944 ID
This was the invasion of France by the Allied powers which took back France from the Germans. The Allies sent about 176,000 troops. To get to the beaches, the Allied ships had to use sonar to detect any underwater mines. D-Day was the start of the end of the war, because once the Allies get France back, Germany will be weakened. The Allies did encounter heavy resistance on the beaches, but once they were off the beaches it got much easier. Germany didn’t know what hit them. This is what D-Day wa -
Battle of the Bulge
This battle happened after freeing France, it was a counter attack by the Germans. It was Hitlers last success before he took his own life.This battle was the start of the end of the war in Europe. -
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima showed the U.S that they would have a difficult time defeating Japan. The Japanese would use there KAMIKAZES to destroy ships, and launch suicide missions. -
V-E Day
This was the day after Germany surrendered in WWII. This was after Hitler committed suicide in his bunker. This is the true end of the war in Europe. V-E Day stands for Victory in Europe. -
Decision to use atomic weapons
Harry Truman gave the SANCTION to use an atomic bomb on Japan. He dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and ended the war. -
V-J Day
This was the day that the Japanese emperor was forced to sign a peace treaty with the U.S. so that there will be no huge war.
