Reviewing for Quiz Tomorrow.
FDR: leader of the united states. saved our economy. created the new deal and second new deal. created a lot of jobs for people during the great depression. supporter of the atomic bomb. died right at the end of WWII. died of natural causes.
Churchill- Leader of GB during WWII. came from a very important wealthy family. known for his inspiring speeches. lost next election
Hirohito- became emperor because his father was ill and died. led invasion of manchuria, bombed pearl harbor, battle of coral sea, battle of midway. continued as emperor until his death. didn't really make war decisions. died of natural causes. unconditionally surendered.
hedeki tojo- actual military leader of japan, prime minister. forced to resign after the fall of saipan in 1944. attempted suicide- failed. was arrested for waging agressive war. ordered all attacks. was hanged.
hitler- ran for go'vt several times but was not elected. born in austria, his dad was very tough and beat him. struggled in school. didn't find his calling until WWI when he joined the german military.was an artist. hating the jews was common in europe before hitler. failed art school. rose in the Nazi party because of his great speaking skills. was a great motivater and leader. in 1923 he tried to overthrow the gov't. is put in prison and writes a book. lost in an election in 1930. people thought the nazi party was dead until the depression set in. was appointed chancelor by the leader of germany. hitler came to power when the leader died. committed suiced when the soviets entered berlin in 45.
mussilini- born in the kingdom of italy, was a rebel, got into trouble and was arrested. the king gave him complete control over the military. told someone to shoot him and he did. missed his heart then another person shot him. then was hung in front of everyone. hanged. invaded ethiopia. had an official alliance with hitler.
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31: Invasion of Manchuria- Japan invaded china at manchuria, came in through korea which they controled at the time. Why? the needed raw materials. manchuria provided that for them. japan had 97 million people so they really needed the materials. japan had factories but couldnt keep up with them because they didnt have the raw materials. they could use the materials to make something and sell it back to manchuria to make money. they wanted to use manchuria as a base of operations for a bigger invasion of china in the future.
36: Italy Invades Ethiopia- invaded by mussolini, ethiopia located in africa- somehow defeated italy in the 1890s, they were embarassed so they invaded them again in 1936. league of nations said don't trade with italy, US didn't like that because we traded oil with italy. after a few months italy took over ethiopia.
36: Spanish Civil War- hitler and mussilini sent troops and weapons to this war to help franco win. this taught their troops how to fight which helped them down the line. took attention away from hitler.
36: Rome-Berlin Axis- united germany and italy. this is where the axis term was used for the first time. mussilini chose the term axis because he thought the world would soon revolve around germany and italy.
37: Japan invades China- from manchuria the japaneese launched a big invasion through all of china. china was too big. bit off more than they could chew. just like germany with the soviet union.
38: Austrian Anchluss- (Austrian Union) Hitler wanted to reunite german speaking people. wanted to reunite with the austrians. after WWI austria wanted to become part of germany. Hitler was from austria. hitler took over austria with no repercussions.
38: Sudetenland/Munich Conference- a conference to determine the fate of chech. GB, Germany, France, and Italy met. should hitler be allowed to take over chech where a lot of germans live. they said its not worth going to war over so they allowed him to take it over. known as policy of appeasement
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