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Adolf
Hitler
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Adolf
Hitler was the Chancellor of Germany through out World War
2. He was the leader of the Nazi regimen, and thought to be
the biggest contributor to the war. He blamed the Jews for
Germany's down fall in World War 1; so he began setting up
Concentration and death camps throughout Europe. This was
known as the Holocaust. An estimated 5 million Jews died during
the Holocaust due to Hitler and the Nazi Party. On April 30th,
1945, with the allies less then a mile from his underground
bunker, Hitler committed suicide.
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Benito
Mussolini
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Born
in 1883, Mussolini was active in the socialist party until they
supported the allies in World War 1. He resigned in 1915, and
when they entered the war, he joined the Italian Army. In 1922,
King Victor Emmanuel III made Mussolini the head of the fascist
party to prevent a revolt in Italy. On June 10th, 1940, He declared
war on Britain and France, and four months later, invaded Greece.
Defeats weakened his prestige, and facing an allied invasion,
the King forced him to resign. He was imprisoned, but rescued
by German air troops on September 12th, 1943. Italian Partisans
captured him while trying to escape to Switzerland and on April
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Franklin
D. Roosevelt
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FDR
was born in New York on 30th January, 1882. In 1921, he was
diagnosed with poliomyelitis and became almost totally paralyzed.
He was elected president in 1932. He brought us through the
depressing with many of his "New Deal" programs jump
starting the economy. He brought us into the war a few days
after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. He died 3 weeks before Germany
surrendered on May 7th, 1945. He served 4 terms ad president,
more then any other in the past. He is known for bringing us
WW2 and the Great Depression. |
Joseph
Stalin
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Joseph
Stalin, was born in Georgia on December 21 in 1879. He was the
leader of the USSR during World War 2. He sided with the allies
in trying to defeat Germany. He was one of the reasons that
we dropped the bomb on Japan, to stop the spread of communism
into the Far East. The bomb ended the war quickly and stopped
all soviet gains. In 1948, he ordered the economic blockade
of Berlin, starting the cold war, which would last until the
mid-eighties, when the USSR dissolved. |
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