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CAUSES OF WWII
Rise of Fascism
Fascism = total power is given to a dictator Germany Adolf Hitler Italy Benito Mussolini Japan Hideki Tojo *Became the Axis Powers (Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis)
Rise of Hitler
Nazi Party organized, 1920s
Nazi party largest in Germany, 1932
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THE HOLOCAUST
USII.6A
THE ALLIES
GREAT BRITAIN
Winston Churchill
UNITED STATES
Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
CANADA
SOVIET UNION
Joseph Stalin
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Great Depression
USII.6B
September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland Germany invades France (captures Paris) Battle of Britain begins (bombing London) US aids Britain in return for bases Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, HI Germany declares war on US US declares war on Germany & Japan Battle of Midway turning point against Japan Germany invades Soviet Union
Battle of Stalingrad (turning point in Europe)
D-Day (Doomsday) invasion of Normandy Atomic Bombs dropped: Hiroshima & Nagasaki Japan surrenders (V-J Day)
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U.S. declared war on Japan Germany declared war on the United States
U. S. Involved In War
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EFFECTS OF WWII