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1. What was Hitler's slogan?

* One People, One Empire, One Leader"

2.What political party was Germany's government ruled by?
* Nazi

3.Who did Germany join forces with to rule the world?
* Italy
* Japan

4.Who was Benito Mussolini?
* forced the King of Italy to make him Prime minister
* banned all political parties except the Fascist party

5.When did Britain and France declare war on Germany?
* 1939 - Britain and France declare war on Germany

6.What were some of the reasons for the start of war in 1939?
* discontent with the Treaty of Versailles
* Unhappiness with how government handled economic problems

7. What countries did Germany take over in 1940?
* Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France

8. What country did Hitler attack even though they had a peace agreement?
* Russia

9. Who were the Axis Powers?
* Germany
* Italy
* Japan

10. What happened on December 7, 1941, that would play a big role in the involvement of the United States?
* The attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanesse

11. When did the Italians surrender?
* September 1943

12. What events in 1941 proved to be turning points in the war?
* Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
* U.S. joined war effort
* Germans faced a difficult fight in Russia

13. What happened on June 6, 1944?
* D -day, troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, with plans to push toward to Germany

14. When did the Germans surrender?
* May 7 1945 - Germans surrendered ending the war in Europe



15. What happened on August 6 and 9 1945?

* August 6, 1945 - U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
* August 9, 1945 U.S. drops another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan

16. What was Auschwitz?
* Auschwitz - a concentration camp where Nazi doctors used prisoners for strange and cruel medical experiments

17. What was the Germans plan for Europe?
* The Germans' plan was to kill all the Jews in Europe

18. What reason did the Germans have for killing Jews and other people?
* To create a German super race

19. How many soldiers and civilians died in the war?
* Over 50 million

20. What was formed to prevent new wars?
* United Nations