Wednesday, March 6th

Adolf Hitler

  • Leader of Nazi Germany - often referred to the third rike
  • Most famous concentration camps is Auschwitz
  • gained his power legally because the Treaty of Versailles caused Germany to be very weak and poor and he promised to put Germany back to where it used to be
  • Historians say the biggest war mistake he made was invading the Soviet Union
  • He committed suicide with his wife - he was only married less than a couple days
  • Shortly after Hitler was dead, was the VE day


Mussolini

  • Was very poor and came from a rough family
  • Showed a lot of violence at a young age and stabbed a student
  • Served in the military in WWI
  • He ran for office in 1919 and was defeated
  • He became the prime minister of Italy in 1922
  • Was hanged
  • Was tied up but his feet on the back of a pickup and was drug all around Italy

Stalin

  • Leader of the USSR (Russia) (Soviet Union)
  • Rough childhood and abused by his alcoholic father, also moved a lot
  • Before he was a politic, he had problems with the law and following it.
  • In 1922 Linen opposed Stalin to
  • In 1924 Linen dies
  • Was paranoid and sent people to labor camps or Siberia if he thought they were going to kill him
  • Started off as the Axis powers and once he got invaded by Germany, he switched to Allied
  • Killed more people than Hitler

Franklin Delanor Roosevelt

  • Democrat
  • Married his fifth cousin, Elenor Roosevelt
  • Ran against Duey
  • Known for his New Deal Programs
  • Diagnosed with polio
  • Went over the ‘term limits’ and served four times instead of two
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