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was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army, a nationalist thinker, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan; he served as prime minister during much of World War II, from October 18, 1941 to July 22, 1944. He was executed on December 23, 1948 after being sentenced to death for war crimes.
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Fascist leader of Nazi Germany. Had an intense hatred for jews and ordered genocide against them.
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was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s to his death in 1953
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a French military leader and statesman; a French military leader and statesman; leader of Vichy France.
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leader of spain in from '39-'75. Adopted pro-AXIS stance. Was supported by Hitler. Led rebels against spanish gov't in Spanish civil war.
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groups of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion during the period immediately following World War I and until the end of World War II.
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Gave inspirational speeches that kept up morale especially during the Battle of Britain.
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Fascist Leader of Italy during WW2 who used violence, censorship and propaganda to tear apart Italy's democratic sytem and convert to totalitarianism
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prime minister from 1937 to 1940. Frowned upon for his appeasement policy toward Hitler.
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was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen. Became leader of China in 1928. Gained support of US by becoming an Aliied power in WW2.
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| Generic Infantrymen [image] |
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| War bonds were a form of savings bond used by many combatant nations to help fund World War I and World War II. [image] |
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| measures used to ensure the population did not starve when food imports were severely restricted and local production limited due to the large number of men fighting the war. [image] |
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| June 6, 1944 — the day on which the Battle of Normandy began — commencing the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II |
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| to attempt the complete destruction of a target region by use of bombs, either to destroy personnel and materiel, or as a means to demoralize the enemy. |
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| vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences in Canada, the United States and United Kingdom during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort. [image] |
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| the German word for submarine. The primary targets of the U-boat campaigns in both world wars were the merchant convoys bringing supplies from Canada and the United States to Europe. [image] |
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| suicide attacks carried out by Japanese military aviators against Allied shipping towards the end of the Pacific campaign of World War II.
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| crossing an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands, an important military strategy in the Pacific Theater of World War II. [image] |
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| The Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. They were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. [image] |
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