Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie had to defend Ethiopia from Italian troops in 1935.

emperor of Ethiopia 

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Emperor Hirohito

Emperor Hirohito reigned Japan for awhile and was the one who launched an attack on Pearl Harbor.

he was the 124th emperor of Japan

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General Hideki Tojo

General Hideki Tojo climed the command ladders and got his position.

he was a general of the Japanese army

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Adolf Hitler 

Adolf Hitler was the cause of a lot of chaos and events that went on.

Germany's leader who created a lot of chaos and leader of the Nazi's 

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Benito Mussolini 

Benito Mussolini was Italy's leader and led Italy into a lot of bad situations. 

Italy's leader who was a dictator

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Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco didn't like the idea of getting rid of the monarchy rule.

he was a Spanish military leader who ruled as a dictator as well

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Joseph Stalin 

Joseph Stalin was the creator of the Soviet Union and was the cause of many deaths.

Russia's leader and created the Soviet Union 

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"Big Three"

The "Big Three" is the leaders of each nation which is United States, Britain, and Russia.

the big three is U.S, Britain, Russia

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*Allies

There were two different sides during WWI and the Allies contained U.S, France, Britain etc. 

U.S, Australia, Britain, Soviet Union, France, China

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*Axis 

Besides the Allies power there was the Axis power who was Germany, Japan, and Italy. 

the axis powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan

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*Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

The Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis was an alliance between the three powers. 

made a military alliance between Japan, Italy, and Germany

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Atlantic Charter 

The Atlantic Charter was a peace agreement between the Prime Minister and President. 

a conference at sea between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill 

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Weimer Republic 

The Weimar Republic had many things wrong with it and did was not successful. 

a new written constitution for the Deutsche's Reich 

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*Appeasement 

The United States used appeasement with Germany in order to make Hitler happy. 

giving into someone in order to avoid conflict

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Munich Conference 

The Munich Conference allowed Hitler to gain more territory for people of Germany to live. 

an agreement for Hitler to take Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia 

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Treaty of Versailles 

The Treaty of Versailles to end WWI and Germany had to pay for the reparations. 

treaty that brought WWI to an end 

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Reparations 

Germany had to pay off their reparations after WWI.

payments that a country makes during war

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League of Nations 

The League of Nations could help out other nations if they needed it. 

it was an organisation formed after the Paris Peace Conference ended WWI

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Nazi-Soviet Pact

The Nazi-Soviet Pact allowed neutrality to happen between the two nations. 

nonaggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany

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*Lend Lease Act

The Lend Lease Act allowed the U.S. to help out anyone who was involved with WWII.

an act where the U.S. military would aid other European nations 

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Attack on Guernica

The Attack on Guernica led the town to be in distress and had a lot of fear.

town that got bombed during the Spanish Civil War

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*Pearl Harbor 

Pearl Harbor was a significant place that would lead The U.S. to get involved in WWII.

got bombed by Japanese and was a U.S. naval base in Hawaii

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Stalingrad

Stalingrad was the city in Russia that the Nazi's bombed. 

the Nazi's bombed Stalingrad which was against the Soviet Union 

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*D-Day

D-Day were the landing operations of the Allied Powers into France. 

allied forces invaded Northern France by landing on the beach

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Battle of the Bulge 

The Battle of the Bulge was a battle between Germany and allied powers and was a surprise attack.

Germany's last major battle at the Western Front 

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*VE Day

VE Day was the celebration of the Allied Powers victory over Germany.

victory in Europe day 

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Bataan Death March

During the Bataan Death March about 80,000 Americans and Filipinos were transferred to prison. 

transfer of Americans and Filipinos by the Japanese army 

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Battle of Midway

The Battle of the Midway was a ship battle between Japan and the United States.

naval battle in the Pacific theater with Japan and America

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Battle of Iwo Jima

The Battle of Iwo Jima was the victory for the U.S. and they captured Iwo Jima.

land battle between U.S and Japan and the U.S landed on Iwo Jima

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Battle of Okinawa

The Battle of Okinawa was an Allied victory against Japan.

major battle of the Pacific War between Britain, U.S. and Japan

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Hiroshima

Hiroshima was a city in Japan that got bombed by U.S. and destroyed it. 

was the first city of Japan to be bombed by an atomic bomb

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Nagasaki

Nagasaki was the second city in Japan that the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on.

was the second city in Japan to get atomic bombed

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Kamikaze Pilots 

Japan resorted to Kamikaze Pilots who initially committed suicide in order to destroy things.

suicide attacks by Japan against allied powers

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Island Hopping 

Island Hopping was a tactic used on Japan and axis powers.

a tactic used by the Allied Powers from going to one island to another 

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Blitzkrieg 

Blitzkrieg was used by the military in WWII to help defeat people quickly.

a military tactic that would send planes and then tanks and then troops on land 

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*Yalta Conference 

The Yalta Conference was a meeting between United States, Russia, and Britain. 

a meeting between three leaders from U.S., Russia, and Britain

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Potsdam Conference 

The Potsdam Conference was a meeting of the head of three governments on how to defeat Germany.

a meeting with the US, Britain, and Russia and gathered on how to defeat Germany

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Cold War

The Cold War began to start tension from the states and nations after WWII.

state tension after WWII between Eastern powers and Western Powers

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NATO

NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization and this was between Europe and America.

alliance between Europe and America after WWII to strength international ties

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Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact was signed during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and other European nations for peace. 

a treaty signed by Soviet Union and seven other satellite states in Europe

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