WW2 (oct 1, 1939 – sep 1, 1945)

Description:

Official start
Nazis invaded Poland (1939)


The axis powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan.
The allied powers: Soviet Union, France, Britain (and later the US after Pearl Harbor)

Causes:

Treaty of Versailles made Italy angry (didn't get the land they were promised)
Made Germany super mad.

Imperial aspirations (Italy invaded Ethiopia, Japan invaded Manchuria, Germany reclaimed territory taken by the treaty (under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi part).

The great depression

Rise of Fascist and totalitarian regimes.

Communist totalitarian leader (Joseph Stalin)
Italy (Benito Mussolini) - Italy Fascist (1st)

Adolf Hitler (Nazi) - Germany Fascist
took back Rhineland

Fascism - was extreme nationalism (belief in one pure race)

Military tactics:
Firebombing 0 Destruction of Dresden Germany, and Tokyo Japan

Repress of freedom :(
US. (internment camps for all Japanese
Germany. Nuremberg Laws (forced Jews into ghettos + concentration camps).

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