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​RISE OF DICTATORS
In the decades following the Great War, ruthless dictators are allowed to rise to power in totalitarian regimes.  Their desire for expansion and territory sets the stage for the worst conflict in world history.
KEY EVENTS
  • Mussolini introduces Facsism
  • Stalin takes power in the U.S.S.R. 
  • Japan invades China
  • Enabling Act passed in Germany
  • Germany and the Soviet Union sign a Non-Aggression Pact
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WORLD WAR II: POLAND TO STALINGRAD
​​Although able to prevent the worst conflict in history, the world stood idle as dictators rose and expanded their power.  The result brought the major powers of the world together in a conflict that altered the fates of nations.
KEY EVENTS
  • ​Germany invades Poland
  • Battle of Britain
  • Operation Barbarossa 
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Battle of Stalingrad
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WORLD WAR II: SICILY TO NAGASAKI
The war machines of the Axis Powers have been halted. The Allies press their advantage to claim victory as the United States unleashes a new weapon that will shorten the war and forever change the world.
KEY EVENTS
  • ​North Africa/Italian Campaign
  • Battle of Kursk
  • Battle of Normandy (D-Day)
  • Battle of the Bulge
  • Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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