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Hitler's rise to power began when he joined the DAP
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Stalin came into power by outmaneuvering his rivals and winning the power struggle for control of the Communist Party.
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Hirohito came to power by a democratic sentiment, but he soon turned to ultra-nationalism and militarism
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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
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The Japanese invaded China to take over large Chinese railroad and coastal areas. They did this because Japan didn't have many natural resources.
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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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A war between Allied and Axis powers over gaining territory
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A fight involving Britain and Germany in the air to keep from harming the UK
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France had fallen under Germany's power after they captured Northern France
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- 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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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.
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The United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, causing a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre
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Japan's armies forced Allied troops and primarily Americans to be forced to walk till their death
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-Largest confrontation of WWII
- Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France
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Germany surrendered
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-Manhattan Project
-Truman decided they needed to act big and fast -
-The end of the war
