Joesph Stalin- leader of USSR which was allied. Came to power with power struggle and he became secretary general which is leader, 1927 til 1953. Industrialized his country moved away from agriculture and people died from starvation. Farmers fought back, collectivization was trying to make all farms into big farm. 5 year plan, in 5 years they wanted to improve. He was ruthless. Mass murderer. Great purges, he couldn't trust the people in the government so he killed them. Stalin and Hitler signed and agreement so that they didn't fight and so they invaded Poland. It gave trade. Hitler didn't like Stalin a communist and Hitler eventually broke the pact and invade the Soviet Union. Scorched Earth Policy would just burn things so the German couldn't use it.
Non-Affression Pact- 1. trade pact for hitler and stalin its a marriage of convince-Hitler despised Stalin. 2. agreement pact. Stalin didnt want to go to war Hitler. 3. It was an agreement to invade Poland/ Finland. They lost that land during the WWI to Poland and Finland. Hitler Breaks- Summer - June, 1941. Planned to invade Great Britian- never happened. Invaded USSR/ Living space. Soviet Union was not ready for the invasion. The germans were not ready to fight the winter war.
I had the Mussolini project. Mussolini.
Adolf Hitler- born in 1889 in Austria- dropped out of school at 16- wanted to be and artist and architect- failed to get into art school- moved to Germany in 1913- joined German Army when WWI broke out- was wounded twice (once by gas)- won numerous medals- accepted the “stab in the back” theory- hated Weimer Republic- joined the Nationalist Socialist German Worker’s Party (Nazi) after WWI- voted Fuhrer (Leader) of the Nazi Party in 1921
- Nazi party attracted the following groups of people:
1. Manual laborers
2. Former soldiers
3. Adventurers and misfits
- The Nazi Party:
1. was violently nationalistic
2. was anti-Semitic (anti-Jew)
3. Hated the democratic Weimer Republic
4. talked of the Volk (German common people) superiority
FDR-.went to harvard/ law.worked at New York City Lawferm .Governor of New York .Vice President in 1920; unsuccessful.State senate of New York.Polio- paralyzed waist down1. President-1930-1942. Help farmers.
Neutrality- we wanted to stay out of it. 9/1/39. 12/8/4- day we declared war.
1. Background prior to coming to power - governor of New York; failed at an attempt as vice president
2. How they came to power - Beat Herbert Hoover in Presidential election; went on to do 4 terms as president (32,36, 40,44)
3. Once in power, how did they change their country, both positive and negative - New Deal; LOTS OF SPENDING; was called socialist and communist;
4. WWII - neutrality=stayed out of war, isolationism; Pearl Harbor=December 7, 1941/December 8, 1941(day we declared war) caused Germany and Italy to declare war on us 12-11-1941; Pacific War (Island Hopping=hitting an island skipping a couple hit another one), Dec. 1941 - June 1942, Battle of the Midway - turning point in WWII, atomic bomb August 1945; Africa=worked our way up to Italy; Italy=easily defeated as far as surrenderment, not b/c we still had to fight the Germans in the mountains; D-Day=Operation Overlord, invasion of France (occupied by Germany)(June 6, 1944); Yalta Conference=February 1945, decision of what was going to happen to Germany after War, split Germany into 4 sections, GB USSR MURICA & France ;End= May 8, 1945 (FDR died roughly a month before)
5. How did they lose power - died of cerebral hemorrhage
WINSTON CHURCHILL:
- Background prior to coming to power -
- kicked out of school; speech impedement
- How they came to power -
- voted Prime Minister 1939
- Once in power, how did they change their country, both positive and negative -
- What was their role in World War II-alliance, strategy/tactics
- How did they lose power
- lost election to Clement Atlee
Anti-Appeasment- munich
Strong Antil-communist
battle of britain
friends with FDR
No armistice
soft underbelly of Europe
D-day- June 6, 1944
Defeated by Atlee
Japan
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