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Hirohito

Emperor of Japan during WWII, Joined Hitler in the Axis powers

<p>Emperor of Japan during WWII, Joined Hitler in the Axis powers</p>
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appeasement

giving into the aggressive demands to keep peace

<p>giving into the aggressive demands to keep peace</p>
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blitzkrieg

lightning war, planes tanks and infantry in a surprise fast strike

<p>lightning war, planes tanks and infantry in a surprise fast strike</p>
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reparations

payment for war damages

<p>payment for war damages</p>
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Benito Mussolini

Fascist Italian leader, joined in the Axis alliance with Hitler

<p>Fascist Italian leader, joined in the Axis alliance with Hitler</p>
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Adolf hitler

Leader of the Nazi Party in Germany before and during World War II. He was able to rise to power because he promised to provide jobs and rebuild German pride.

<p>Leader of the Nazi Party in Germany before and during World War II. He was able to rise to power because he promised to provide jobs and rebuild German pride.</p>
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Joseph stalin

Totalitarian Leader of Soviet Union who signed nonaggression Pact with Hitler

<p>Totalitarian Leader of Soviet Union who signed nonaggression Pact with Hitler</p>
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Harry S Truman

American President after FDR who ordered atomic bombs on Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

<p>American President after FDR who ordered atomic bombs on Japan at Hiroshima and Nagasaki</p>
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Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of Great Britain during and after World War II

<p>Prime Minister of Great Britain during and after World War II</p>
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Italian Agression

1935- invaded Ethiopia

<p>1935- invaded Ethiopia</p>
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German Agression

Violated treaty of Versailles

1936- troops occupied Rhineland (France)

1938- conquered Austria

1938- seized Sudenland (Czechoslovakia)

<p>Violated treaty of Versailles</p><p>1936- troops occupied Rhineland (France)</p><p>1938- conquered Austria</p><p>1938- seized Sudenland (Czechoslovakia)</p>
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Sudentenland

region filled with Germans. at first Hitler wanted to give Autonomy. Then said it must be annexed to Germany being a weak democracy.

<p>region filled with Germans. at first Hitler wanted to give Autonomy. Then said it must be annexed to Germany being a weak democracy.</p>
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Munich Conference

conference where western nations allowed Hitler to seize Sudetenland

<p>conference where western nations allowed Hitler to seize Sudetenland</p>
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invasion of Poland

9/1/39- Germans invaded Poland

Britain & France declared war

<p>9/1/39- Germans invaded Poland</p><p>Britain &amp; France declared war</p>
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Allied powers

Britain

France

Soviet Union

China

US (1941)

<p>Britain</p><p>France</p><p>Soviet Union</p><p>China</p><p>US (1941)</p>
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Axis Powers

Italy

Germany

Japan

<p>Italy</p><p>Germany</p><p>Japan</p>
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Pearl Harbor

because Americans were interfering with Japan's desire to expand in Asia and pacific, Japanese had surprise attack on America (Hawaii)

<p>because Americans were interfering with Japan's desire to expand in Asia and pacific, Japanese had surprise attack on America (Hawaii)</p>
18

DDay

June 6, 1944- allies chosen day to invade France. Germans were under pressure on all sides and retreated.

<p>June 6, 1944- allies chosen day to invade France. Germans were under pressure on all sides and retreated.</p>
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Bataan death march

in Philippines, Japanese army forces Filipino and American prisoners to march and killed 1k on way

<p>in Philippines, Japanese army forces Filipino and American prisoners to march and killed 1k on way</p>
20

VE Day

Victory in Europe

Germany & Italy surrender

Hitler found dead (or not Chad)

Mussolini killed

<p>Victory in Europe</p><p>Germany &amp; Italy surrender</p><p>Hitler found dead (or not Chad)</p><p>Mussolini killed</p>
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5 Year Plans

Stalin's policy to increase Industrial (and Agricultural) production in Russia

<p>Stalin's policy to increase Industrial (and Agricultural) production in Russia</p>
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Great Purge

Mass killing of all opposition to Stalin, begin in of the Gulag work (death) camps

<p>Mass killing of all opposition to Stalin, begin in of the Gulag work (death) camps</p>
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Collectivization

Stalin's policy to collect all Russian farmland and equipment to be shared by Russian farmers

<p>Stalin's policy to collect all Russian farmland and equipment to be shared by Russian farmers</p>
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Kamikaze

Japanese suicide pilots

<p>Japanese suicide pilots</p>
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Nazi Soviet Pact

Hitler, Stalin agreement to not attack each other, surprisingly did not last. Hitler invaded Poland

<p>Hitler, Stalin agreement to not attack each other, surprisingly did not last. Hitler invaded Poland</p>

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