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Country They Are From
Axis, Allied, Neutral
Things To Know About Them
Adolf HitlerGermany
Axis - Ran for president of Germany in 1932, lost to Hindenburg.
- Was appointed as chancellor (2nd in command)- July 1933 Nazi Party takes total control- Used public speaking skills to rally people- March 9, 1935 started implementing air force- 1st violation of Treaty at Versailles- March 1936 sent troops to demilitarized zone of the
Rhineland- 1936 Allied with Italy (Mussolini)- 1939 Signed Non-Aggression Pact with Soviet Union- September 1, 1939 Invades Poland
Benito MussoliniItaly
Axis - Took power in 1922- Developed Fascism: Government controls all financial
decisions of people as well as regulates people’s social class standing
- Took power by force- Sided with Hitler in hopes that France would
surrender quickly and Italy could claim some land
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Country They Are From
Axis, Allied, Neutral
Things To Know About Them
Chiang Kai-shekChina
Neutral, Allied - Tried to stay out of issues with Japan, more concerned about Communist Soviets
- Gave Japan land to try and appease them- “Rape of Nanjing” 1937 when 100,000 Chinese
were brutally killed by the Japanese = war
Franklin D. RooseveltUnited States
Neutral, Allied - U.S. reluctant to get involved after WWI and Depression
- Several acts passed in the 1930’s to prevent the U.S. from choosing sides and getting directly involved
- Difficult to sell to the American public- December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing unified
the public on entering the war. “A day that will live in infamy”
- Japanese underestimated the power of the Americans
- United States declared war on Japan Dec 9, 1941- In turn, Germany declares war on U.S.
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Country They Are From
Axis, Allied, Neutral
Things To Know About Them
Joseph Stalin Axis, Allied - Stalin means “man of steel”- Was originally going to become a priest- Took power after Lenin died in 1924- Signed Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler to allow
Nazi Germany to weaken Western Europe and themselves, ultimately so Stalin could break the pact and take over all of Europe
- Used intimidation and fear to lead the people of U.S.S.R
Winston Churchill Allied - Leader of Great Britain- Served as the Minister of War and Air 1919-1922- Initially didn’t see Hitler as a threat, until the air
raids on Great Britain.
Harry TrumanUnited States
Allied - President who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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Country They Are From
Axis, Allied, Neutral
Things To Know About Them
Heinrich Himmler Axis - Leader of the SS (Security Service)- In charge of the resettlement policy: starts with
removing the Polish and replacing them with Germans
Reinhard Heydrich
Axis - Head of the SS- In charge of implementing the “Final Solution”
extermination of the Jews
General Hideki TojoJapan
Axis - Prime Minister of Japan- Against females in the workforce- Military leader of the aggressive Japanese
military
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European Front EndsV-E Day May 7/8, 1945
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Europe Front Ends…- V-E Day May 7/8 1945
- Now need to decide what to do with war torn Europe and Nazi Germany- Yalta Conference: Stalin, FDR, Churchill
- Surrender of Nazi Germany (unconditional)- Germany demilitarize- Poland gets land back- Staling aid in fight against Japan
- Potsdam Conference: Stalin, Truman, Churchill - Outlined terms of surrender for Japan- Truman wanted open elections for all
nations in Europe, Stalin did not - Tensions grew between Truman and
Stalin = Cold War
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War in the Pacific…V-J Day August 14, 1945
- Escalated tension caused by:- December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor military base bombed by Japan- Potsdam Declaration, issued by Allied leaders on July 26, 1945,
called on Japan to surrender. Japan denied- August 6 the American B-29 plane Enola Gay dropped an atomic
bomb on the city of Hiroshima, killing more than 70,000 people and destroying a 5-square-mile expanse of the city.
- Three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing another 40,000.
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Country They Are From
Position They Held
Things To Know About Them
John F. KennedyUnited State
President - 1st President under the scrutiny of televised presidency
- President during the Bay of Pigs invasion: attempt to remove Castro which failed
- President during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. Chose the blockade as the first response to the missiles
- Cold War policy he held summed up by, "Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate“
Nikita KhrushchevU.S.S.R.
Premier - Led U.S.S.R. from 1958-1964- Supported building of Berlin Wall- Very colorful speaker, spoke out against the U.N.- Was loosing totalitarian rule in U.S.S.R however
it was very slow process- Initiated Cuban Missile Crisis
Robert KennedyUnited States
Attorney General
- Right hand man to President Kennedy- Organized most of the meetings during Cuban
Missile Crisis. Head of ORTSAC, operation to determine what to do in Cuba…ya catch how creative the Pentagon was with the name!!