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NEED TO KNOW​

• 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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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.

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• ​Germany invades Poland
• Battle of Britain
• Operation Barbarossa 
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• Battle of Stalingrad

11-2

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.

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NEED TO KNOW

• North Africa/Italian Campaign
• Battle of Kursk
• Battle of Normandy (D-Day)
• Battle of the Bulge
• Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

11-3

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.

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