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Who was Joseph Stalin?
- -Led Russia from 1924-1956
- -Maintained a Communist government
- -Made the Great Purge killing or banishing those to Siberia to those who stood or was thought as a threat
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Who was Benito Mussolini?
- -Led Italy from1922-1945
- -Maintained a Facist government
- -Nickname was " IL Duce"- the leader-Wanted to create another Roman Empire
- -Slogan: "The country is Nothing Without Conquest"-First country they took was Ethiopia in 1935 and soon joined Axis powers in 1936
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Who was Adolf Hitler?
- -Led Germany from 1932-1945
- -Created the Nazi Party (National Socialist Workers Party)
- -Tried to overthrow the government at what was called Beer Hall Putsch, 1923-Sentenced to 5 years in prison, Wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle)-Wanted to have an Aryan Race, The ideal German
- -Third Reich, third empire
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What was Hitler's projects once he was in control?
-Hitler violated the Versailles Treaty and began rearming Germany
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What was Public Work Programs?
Created jobs funded by the government
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What lands did Hitler take back that were lost in WWI?
- -Rhineland, 1936: western part of Germany where Hitler rebuilt army
- -Austria, 1938: peacefully annexed to Germany
- -Sudentland-Was given in hope of not expanding but instead invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia
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Who was Sir Winston Churchill?
- -Prime Minister from 1940-1955
- -WWI Veteran
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What was Hitler's order of attack?
- -Rhineland, 1936
- -Austria, 1938
- -Sudentland, 1938
- -Poland, September 1, 1939 (beginning of war)
- -Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, France, 1940
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What was Vichy France and who was Charles de Gaulle?
Vichy france was Free France and Charles de Gaulle was the leader of Free France
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List the Neutrality Acts
- 1935: banend the U.S from providing weapons to foreign countries
- 1936: banned loans to warring nations
- 1937: allowed trade of non-military goods as long as they could pay cash and transport the goods themselves
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