WORLD WAR II:

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WORLD WAR II THE BASICS
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THE AXIS POWERS
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1. Italy

• leader Benito Mussolini
• (dictator calls all shots)
• ? government fascist government
• one party rule, no opposition allowed
• ? goal
• dominate
• Mediterranean

State gt people (more important)
Uses secret police
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2. Germany
Mein Fuerher

• leader Adolf Hitler
• government Nazi party
• (also fascist)
• ?goals
• establish master race
• lebensraum (living space)
• control Europe
• stop communism

Ignored Treaty of Versailles And promised to deal
with depression
Aryan
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By 1940, German army rebuilt!
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3. Japan

• leader Emperor Hirohito
• government militaristic
• goal
• expand empire to
• gain resources
• dominate Asia

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THE ALLIED POWERS
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1. Soviet Union
uneasy ally

• leader Joseph Stalin
• government communist
• ?goals
• stop Hitler
• spread communism

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2. Great Britain

• leader Winston Churchill
• government democracy
• goal
• preserve European
• democracy and freedom

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3. United States

• leader Franklin D. Roosevelt
• government democracy
• ? goals
• at first neutrality
• later stop Japan
• preserve democracy in
• Europe