WW+II

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> 5.Axis Powers: was the alignment of nations that fought in the Second World War against the Allied forces. The alliance began in 1936 when Germany signed treaties with Italy and Japan. > 6. Allied Powers: were the countries that opposed the Axis Powers during the WWII (1939–1945). The Allies became involved in World War II either because they had already been invaded, or were directly threatened. > 7.Luftwaffe: is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces. > 8. Concentration Camps: a guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents. Where Hitler killed and worked millions of Jews throughout WWII. > > >
 * 1) Holocaust: was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War ll, a program of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by Hitler.
 * 2) Genocide: defined as the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group
 * 3) Anschluss: was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938.Austria was annexed into the German Third Reich on 12 March,1938.
 * 4) Blitzkrieg: "lightning war" the use of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power, concentrating overwhelming force at high speed to break through enemy lines, and, once the lines are broken, proceeding without regard to its flank.
 * 1) Appeasement: a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to an aggressor. It has been used as a synonym for weakness and even cowardice since the 1930s.
 * 2) Panzer: meaning armor. it was also the name of the German tanks or literally armored combat vehicle. These tanks were used in most of the WWII battles.

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World War II was a global war that began in 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved the majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, eventually forming two opposing military alliances, the Allies and the Axis. This war is the deadliest conflict in human history with 50 million to over 70 million deaths. Although Japan was already at war with China in 1937, the world war is said to have started on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and other declarations of war on Germany by most of the countries in the British Empire. Germany set out to establish a large empire in Europe. =====

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In June 1941, the European Axis started an invasion of the Soviet Union. In December 1941, Japan, wanting Asia, attacked the United States and European lands in the Pacific Ocean, controlling much of the West Pacific. The Axis powers were stopped in 1942, after Japan lost many naval battles and European Axis troops lost in North Africa and Stalingrad. In 1943 the Allies invaded Fascist Italy, and American victories in the Pacific, the Axis lost the motivation and undertook, strategically, retreated on all fronts. =====

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In 1944, the Western Allies invaded France, while the Soviet Union retook all of its territory it had previously lost and invaded Germany and its allies. The war in Europe ended when Poland and the Soviet union captured Berlin. Germany had to surrender on May, 8 1945. The U.S. defeated the Japanese and took the key west pacific islands, The war in Asia ended on August, 15 1945 when Japan surrendered. The Soviet Union and the United States became rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War. =====

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**__1. Hideki Tōjō:__** 1884 –1948 was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), As Prime Minister, he was responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor, leading to the war between Japan and the United States, although planning for it had begun before he entered office. After the end of the war, he was arrested, sentenced to death for Japanese war crimes and was hanged =====

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**__2. Adolf Hitler:__** 1889 –1945 was a German politician who was born in Austria and the leader of the or Nazi Party. Chancellor of Germany and dictator of Nazi. Hitler is commonly associated with the rise of fascism in Europe, World War II, and the Holocaust =====

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**__3. Heinrich Himmler:__** 1900 –1945 a military commander, and a leading member of the Nazis. Chief of the German Police and the Minister of the Interior from 1943, Himmler oversaw all internal and external police and security forces, including the Gestapo. one of the persons most directly responsible for the Holocaust. =====

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**__4. Benito Mussolini:__** 1883 –1945 was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party, ruling the country from 1922, and is known for being one of the key figures in the creation of fascism. Originally a member of the Italian Socialist Party =====

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**__5. Joseph Stalin:__** 1878 –1953 was the head of the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1953. He was a Bolshevik revolutionary who brought about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 and later held the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until he died in 1953 =====

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**__6. Franklin Delano Roosevelt:__** 1882 –1945 (FDR), was the 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic struggles and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms =====

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**__7. Harry Truman:__** 1884 –1972 was the 33rd President of the United States. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States (1945), he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his unprecedented fourth term. =====

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**__8. Winston Churchill:__** 1874 –1965 was a British Conservative politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. Said as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century, he served as Prime Minister twice =====

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**__9. Douglas MacArthur:__** 1880 –1964 was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a major role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign. The only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army. =====

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**__10. Chiang Kai-shek:__** 1887 –1975 was a political and military leader of 20th-century China. Chiang was an influential member of the Nationalist Party In 1926, Chiang led the Northern Expedition to unify the country, becoming China's nominal leader. =====

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Blood alone moves the wheels of history. - Benito Mussolini, Fascist Dictator



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