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What is totalitarianism?

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Limited civil liberties, demand demanded loyalty to the regime, political enemies were silenced or removed

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Militaristic

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Desires to aggressively, expand borders, massive military, modernization, and buildup

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Cult a personality

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Each dictator created an aura that attract attracted many to support them, usually offered solution solutions to major issues like economy, world, prestige, or other fears

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Three main characteristics of a dictator

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Totalitarian, militaristic, cult of personality

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Who is Benito Mussolini?(Ii Duce)

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Assume power 1922 US Prime Minister of Italy, neo pax Romana

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What were some goals of Benito Mussolini?

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Re-create them, Roman empire

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What is mare nostrum?

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Our sea, idea that Italy should control the Mediterranean and surrounding coasts

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What is spazio vitale

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Vital space, claimed that Italy had the right to expand throughout the region

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Achievements of Benito Mussolini

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Successful social in public works reforms, helped modernize, and industrialized Italy, many programs would be copied in Nazi Germany

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Weimar Republic

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Weak and infected democratic government set up after the war

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What was the constant threat towards the Weimar Republic

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Communist infiltration

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Who were the freikorps

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A radicalized anti-communist unit, often had a fascist or far right beliefs

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Order of events of Adolf Hitler becoming a dictator

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Artist to soldier, Nazi party, takeover, beer hall, put say putseh , chancellor, reichstag fire, night of long knives, dictatorship complete

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What does NSDAP stand for

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National socialist German workers party

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What was Hitler sent to do at the NSDAP meeting?

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Spy on them to see if they were trying to overthrow the government

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What did Hitler end up doing at the NSDAP meeting?

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He found a common cause, and became a popular speaker and eventually a leading voice of the party

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When did the beer hall putseh occurred

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November 8-9, 1923

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Who was Hitler appointed Chancellor by?

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President Paul Vin Hindenburg

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When was the reichstag fire

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February 1933

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When was Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship complete?

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1934 when president dies

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What did Hitler write in jail?

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Main kampf, his plan of what he was going to do when he became dictator

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Goals of the third reich

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Lebensarum, return to glory, victory over communism, racial purity

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What is lebensraum-Germany

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Living space, grand plan to expand an establish settlements in eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union

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Return to glory-Germany

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Hitler promised to write the wrongs of the treaty of Versailles, Germany must re-arm and expand or else become a pawn of the western democracy

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Victory over communism-Germany
Fear of communist revolution in Germany was at all-time high, open brawls between Nazis and communist in the streets
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racial purity
Nazi propaganda divided society into Aryan and non-Aryan
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Aryan
Those of pure German blood that can be traced back to 1800
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Non-Aryan
Group that included Jews blacks Roma(gypsies), slavs
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What is antisemitism?
A certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred
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Nuremberg laws 1935
Alienated Jews from German society, citizenship was revoked, marriage between Jews, and non-Jews was now illegal, Romani and blacks were eventually added to the laws
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Kristallnacht November 8-10, 1938
Wave of anti-Jewish violence across German, Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia, also known as night of broken glass
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Who is Hideki Tojo?
Rising son of the rising Sun, anti-American quickly roasted the ranks of the military, aggressive
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Who was Hideki Tojo appointed by?
Emperor heroHito
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Showa statism
Ultranationalist and military policy similar to fascism
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What is a ultranationalist?
Extreme nationalism that promotes the interest of one state or people above all others
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What was Hideki Tojo’s main goal?
Expand into China and challenge the United States for pacific dominance
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Who was Joseph Stalin, man of steel?
1917 – key figure in the revolution to overthrow tsar Nicholas II
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What occurred after the death of Lenin in Russia?
Stolen quickly, consolidated power, and took control of the party, used skillful political maneuvering, and intimidation
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What is Stalinism?
Totalitarian state, state controls mean of production, socialism of one country, rapid industrialization, psychological, and physical repression
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Great purge(1936 through 1938)
Period of mass arrests and executions, Stalin eliminated many possible threat to his power, 700,000 through 1.2 million murdered
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Fascist Franco (claudillo)
Became dictator of Spain after the Spanish Civil War
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How long does the Spanish Civil War last?
1936 through 1939
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Who are the opponents against fascist Franco?
Republicans(Catalonia region, communists, socialist, anarchists) Nationalists(fascists and royalists)
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Achievements of Franco
Authoritarian rule until his death in 1975, will remain neutral during World War II, but quiet support of axis powers
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Italy during World War II
Mussolini organized military forces by other nations were still recovering from World War I, large forces, but quickly outdated and outclassed by allies
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Italian conquest– Africa
Conquest of Ethiopia, used poison, gas on native tribes, invasion of British Egypt, faced, fierce British resistance
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Italian conquest – Balkans
Albania and Greece, both invasion seemed doomed, Hitler came to the rescue with reinforcements
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Germany– invasion of Poland – Molotov ribbentrop pact
Occurred on August 23, 1939, Nazi and Soviets came to a political agreement that laid out spheres of influence in central and eastern Europe
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What is the secret protocol – Germany?
Classified agreement to invade and divide Poland with the Soviet Union
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Germany – invasion of Poland – false flag
Occurred August 31, 1939 concentration camp inmates were dressed in Polish uniforms, killed and left at the scene to complete the ruse
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Gleiwitz incident
SS troops disguise as Polish saboteurs attacked radio station leading behind a dead German in the doorway
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Germany Dash invasion of Poland – blitzkrieg
Three prong developing maneuver that converged and surrounded Warsaw
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Father of France 1940 – got blitzkrieged
Invasion through the Belgium and then a sickle cut through the Ardennes forest in circled Allied forces
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Dunkirk, fall of France
Panzer units out, ran their supply lines and were ordered to halt for three days outside of Dunkirk
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How long did it take for French to surrender in World War II?
Less than a month
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What did the Dunkirk order do?
Allowed for a rescue to be organized and a defensive lines to be established
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Battle of Britain plan
Luftwaffe to eliminate the royal Air Force and gain air security over the English Channel
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What are the Germans want out of Britain from Minister Churchill?
Crippled the English economy so that he would ask for peace
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Impatient Adolf during battle of Britain
Hitler chain strategies from destroying the RAF to terror bombing civilian targets, RAF was allowed to stay in the fight, first major Allied victory
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What did the Nazis do to Russia?
Nazi forces begin a massing along the border, even before the end of the campaign in Greece
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When Nazi was fighting Russia, how far did the border extend?
From the black sea to Finland
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What did SS kill squads do in Russia
Follow the advanced to eliminate undesirables and pay the way for German settlement
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What was rapid blitz?
The opening week saw swift gains and devastating loss for the USSR, 500,000 Soviet prisoners, advanced slowed due to supply issues
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Order of events of US entry to war
Cash and Carrie, selective service act, destroyers for bases, lend lease act, shoot on sight
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Who was Admiral isoroku yamamoto
General in the Japan army that planned the attack on Pearl Harbor
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What was the admiral of Japan’s three goals for the attack?
Sync the American aircraft carriers, eliminate American naval leadership, destroy all naval repair facilities
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Which ship sank in minutes after the attack
USS Arizona, pride of the Pacific fleet
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How many Americans died in Pearl Harbor
Around 2887
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Was the attack on Pearl Harbor a success
Japan failed to sync American aircraft carriers and eliminate US naval leadership, no
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What went well for Japan during the attack?
They ended up destroying some naval repair facilities
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When did the admiral of Japan call off the attack?
Once it became out of fear of his fleet, being discovered
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