World War II

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World War II
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Causes

• Growth of Facism in the wake of WWI and the Great
  Depression Nazis, Mussolini, Military
  Government in Japan
• Desire for power and resources
• Japans isolation
• Treaty of Versailles

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Sides

• Axis Germany and Italy and Japan
• Allies UK, France, USA
• Russia was on Russias side they join the allies

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Leaders

• Germany Hitler
• Italy Mussolini
• Japan Tojo
• UK Winston Churchill
• USSR Stalin
• USA - FDR

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• Germany and Russia
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• Agreed to peace between the countries
• Also agreed to the division of Poland

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Invasion of Poland September 1st 1939

• Invasion of Poland Germanys invasion of Poland
  was the act of aggression that started WWII.
• Germany conquered Poland in approximately 3 weeks
  using a new style of warfare.

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Blitzkrieg

• Blitzkrieg means lightning war. It is called
  this because it is so fast.
• A blitzkrieg consists of bombing enemy positions
  with airplanes, then attacking with armored
  forces, and finally following up with ground
  troops.

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