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WWI starts…

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9 days after the non-agression pact is signed

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Non-agression pact

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signed by Soviet Union and Germ
NO fighting against each other
SU was facist and Germ was communist..not a good mix

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blitzkrieg

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means “lightning war” moved tons of troops across border and aerial attack to intimidate and scare you

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who started the war? Where? and How?

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HItler invaded Poland and it was a blitzkrieg

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WHO DOES POLAND ASK FOR HELP? WHAT DO THEY SAY?

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FR AND BR
NOT PREPARED
POLAND QUICKLY FALLS TO THE GERMANS

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USSR TOOK WHAT AND HITLER TOOK WHAT AFTER THEY BEAT POLAND

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EACH TOOK HALF OF POLAND AND THE BALTICS

THIS WAS BECAUSE OF THE SECRET PARTOF THE NONAGRESSION PACT

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WHAT WERE THE LINES CALLED THAT THE FR &BR AND GERMANS WERE SITTING ON

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MAGINOT-FR AND BR

SIEGFRIED-GERMAN

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WHAT WAS THE PART OF WWII THAT THEY JUST SAT THERE AND STARED AT EACH OTHER CALLED

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THE “SITTING WAR” OR THE “PHONY WAR”

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AFTER POLAND, HITLER ATTACKS….

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DENMARK AND NORWAY

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LATER, HITLER TAKES…

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NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, AND LUXEMBOURG

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ARDENNES FOREST

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HITLER WENT THROUGH THIS TO ATTACK FRANCE

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RESCUE AT DUNKIRK

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BR HELP SINCE THE FR ARE STUCK

TONS OF SHIPS

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WHO SURRENDERED AFTER HITLER INVADED FRANCE

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FRANCE

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PETAIN

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HEAD OF PUPPET GOV’T IN SOUTH FRANCE CALLED THE VICHY GOVERNMENT

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CHARLES DE GAULLE

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SET UP A FR GOV’T IN EXILE. ALSO SET UP THE FREE FRENCH ARMY IN BR

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WINSTON CHURCHILL

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NEW BR PRIME MINISTER. NO NONSENSE KIND OF MAN THAT THEY NEEDED

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BATTLE OF BRITAIN

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LUFTWAFFE IS SUPPOSED TO KNOCK OUT THE RAF(ROYAL AIR FORCE) THEN LAUNCH A MASSIVE GROUND INVASION
LASTED LONGER THAN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO B/C OF RADAR AND ENIGMA: THEY DECODED ALL GERMAN PLANS AND MESSAGES

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AFTER THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN LASTED SO LONG AND WASN’T WORKING FOR THE GERMANS, HITLER SAID TO..

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LET THE LUFTWAFFE BOMB THE BR CIVILIANS AND THEN HE LIMITED IT TO JUST AT NIGHT

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HOW DID THE BR REACT TO THE NIGHT BOMBINGS

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EVERYONE JUST SLEPT UNDERGROUND AND NO ONE COULD LIGHT ANYTHING AFTER DUSK SO THAT THE PLANES COULDNT FIND THE CITIES

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HITLER GOT FRUSTRATED BECAUSE…

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THE BRITISH WERE TOO SMART AND GOT AROUND EVERY ONE OF HIS PLANS

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HOW LONG DID THESE BOMBINGS LAST

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JUNE TO MAY

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WHAT DID ITALY ATTACK AND WHY

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EGYPT-BR COLONY
IT HAS THE SUEZ CANAL
IF YOU HAVE CONTROL OF THIS, YOU CAN CONTROL THE TRADE TO ASIA
ASIA IS RICH IN OIL

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WHO IS SENT WHEN THE EGYPTIANS STARTED LOSING

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GENERAL ROMMEL

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WHO JOINS THE AXIS POWERS(THIRD REICH) WILLINGLY

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BULGARIA, ROMANIA, AND HUNGARY

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WHO RESISTED HITLER BUT EVENTUALLY FELL

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YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE

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OPERATION BARBAROSSA

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HITLERS PLAN TO ATTACK THE USSR
GO THROUGH THE BALKANS. USE BLITZKRIEG
THE SOVIETS USE SCORCHED-EARTH POLICY AGAIN

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BATTLE OF LENINGRAD

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HITLER SURROUNDS IT, BOMBS FOOD SUPPLIES

PEOPLE SUFFER TERRIBLY AND DID NOT GIVE UP

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NEXT THEY TRIED TO MARCH ON..

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MOSCOW AND IT TURNED WINTER AND IT WAS REALLY COLD AND MANY GERMANS DIED

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FDR CONVINCES CONGRESS TO PASS THE

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LEND LEASE ACT

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LEND LEASE ACT

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SAID WE WOULD GIVE WEAPONS TO WHOEVER WE WANT TO BUT IT’S ON A CASH AND CARRY BASIS. BR TRADED HEAVILY WITH US

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WHAT MADE THE GERMANS MAD ABOUT THE US-BR RELATIONSHIP

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THE US WAS ESCORTING BR CARGO SHIPS

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WHAT DID THE GERMANS DO SINCE THEY WERE MAD AT THE US

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SHOT DOWN AN AMERICAN SHIP AND FDR TOLD THE NAVY THEY HAD PERMISSION TO SHOOT DOWN ANY GERMAN SHIPS THEY SEE. WE ARE AT UNDECLARED NAVAL WAR WITH GERMANY.

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ATLANTIC CHARTER

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FDR AND CHURCHILL WROTE AND SIGNED THIS
1. COUNTRIES HAVE RIGHT TO FREE TRADE
2. PEOPLE IN A COUNTRY SHOULD CHOOSE THE GOV’T
BASIS OF OUR PEACE TREATY THAT ENDS WWII

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JAPAN STARTED TO..

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ADVANCE CLOSER TO THE EURO COLONIES

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THE US TRADED WHAT WITH JAPAN AND THEN..

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SCRAP METAL, ETC. AND THEN WE STOPPED TRADING SCRAP METAL AND OIL WITH THEM

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WHY DID THE US STOP TRADING WITH JAPAN?

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WE DIDNT LIKE WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THE STUFF WE TRADED THEM

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PEARL HARBOR

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JAPAN ATTACKS US, CONGRESS DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN, GERMANY, AND ITALY

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EAST ASIA FOR ASIATICS

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JAPAN WANTED THESE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THEM(TREATING THEM LIKE COLONIES) THEY WANT AN EAST-ASIA FOR THE JAPANESE
THEY WANT TO KICK OUT THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA

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DOOLITTLE’S RAID

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US HIT TOKYO, PROVE TO THE JAPANESE THAT THEY WERE INVINCIBLE AND FOR REVENGE

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BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA

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FOUGHT IN THE AIR
1ST TIME COMPLETELY IN AIR
JAPS WON
UA GOAL ACCOMPLISHED WHICH WAS TO STOP JAPAN SOUTHERN TAKEOVER OR FROM GOING FARTHER SOUTH

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BATTLE OF MIDWAY

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JAPAN HIT US HARD AND GOT US OUT OF THE WAR

JAPAN SENT EVERYTHING THEY HAD

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AMERICAN LEADER AT MIDWAY

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NIMITZ

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US KILLED JAPANESE AT…

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THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY

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MACARTHUR

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COMES UP WITH ISLAND HOPPING-SKIPPING ISLANDS THAT ARE HEAVILY ARMED THEN GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO JAPAN TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON THEM

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BATTLE OF GUADAL CANAL

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US ATTACK TO SET THE GUADAL CANAL
US WON
ISLAND-HOPPING WORKS AND JAPAN RETREATS

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BEN MONTGOMERY

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BR GOES TO AFRICA

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ALLIES COME UP WITH A PLAN CALLED

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OPERATION TORCH

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WHAT ID OPERATION TORCH

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LANDGENERAL EISENHOWER IN CASABLANCA AND MOVE HIM THROUGH AFRICA (ROMMEL SANDWHICH)

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ALLIES GET CONTROL OF

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NORTH AMERICA

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BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

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SOVIET UNIONO VS. GERM
GATEWAY TO THE EAST
CONTROLLING STALINGRAD WOULD WE GOOD FOR HITLER
HE SURROUNDS CITY AND BOMBS IT

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STALIN WAS TIRED AND HE WANTED HIS FRIENDS TO…

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ATTACK FRANCE
FDR AND CHURCHILL WEREN’T READY FOR THIS SO THEY ATTACKED ITALY FIRST
THEY CAPTURE SICILY AND IT ONLY TAKES 15 DAYS FOR IT TO SURRENDER

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BUT LITTLE DID THEY KNOW…

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HITLER SENDS TROOPS TO N ITALY THEY PUT MUSSOLINI BACK IN POWER
ALLIES TAKE ROME
ITALIAN ARMY CAUGHT MUSSOLINI AND SHOT HIM AND HUNG HIM UPSIDE DOWN FOR ALL OF MILAN TO SEE.

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HOME FRONT

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TOTAL WAR, WOMEN, RATIONING, PREJUDICE-INTERNMENT CAMPS (JAPS FORCED TO WORK, MOSTLY ON FAMRS, THEN WERE LET LOOSE WITH NOTHING)

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THE ALLIES SET UP A… TO TRICK HITLER

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FAKE ARMY WITH A FAKE LOCATION( CALAIS)

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D-DAY

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OPERATION OVERLORD
JUNE 6, 1944
BIGGEST GROUND AND AIR INVASION EVER

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PATTON

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FOUND A WEAK SPOT IN GERMAN DEFENSES AND MADE IT TO PARIS BY AUGUST AND BY SEPTEMBER FR, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG

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BATTLE OF THE BULGE

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LAST DITCH EFFORT TO TURN THE WAR BACK IN HIS FAVOR
HE CREATED A BULGE BUT NEVER BROKE THE LINE OF SOLDIERS
GERM SURRENDERS AND BY APRIL BERLIN IS SURROUNDED AND BOMBED

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WHAT HAPPENED THAT KIND OF UNOFFICIALLY ENDED THE WAR

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HITLER AND WIFE KILL THEMSELVES

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BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF

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LAST DITCH EFFORT TO TURN WAR AROUND FOR JAPANESE

USED KAMIKAZEES-CRASH PLANES INTO US SHIPS

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BATTLE OF IWO JIMA

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IWO JIMA NOT FAR FROM JAPAN-FOUGHT TO KEEP IT AND AM FOUGHT TO GET IT
US WON

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BATTLE OF OKINAWA

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EVEN A LITTLE CLOSER TO JAPAN THAN IWO JIMA. THAT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.
US WON

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THE QUESTION NOW IS…

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DO WE FIGHT JAPAN?

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NOW FDR IS DEAD AND WE HAVE…

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TRUMAN

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WHERE IS THE ATOM BOMB TESTED BY AM

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NEW MEXICO

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THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB IS DROPPED ON

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HIROSHIMA KILLED LOTS AND JAPAN STILL DID NOT SURRENDER

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THE SECOND ATOMIC BOMB IS DROPPED ON

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NAGASAKI WE ONLY HAD 2 BOMBS. JAPAN SURRENDERED

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THIS WAR WAS THE MOST

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DESTRUCTIVE AND DEADLY WAR EVER

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HOW MANY DEAD? HOW MANY HOMELESS?

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60 MILLION-50 MILLION

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EUROPE

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40 MILLION DEAD-2/3 OF CIVILIANS, CITIES IN RUBBLE
PEOPLE WERE LOST-CONCENTRATION CAMP VICS, POWS, REFUGEES
AGRICULTURE COMPLETELY DISRUPTED, TRANSP. SYSTEM DESTROYED-FAMINE, LACK OF COATS, SHOES, ETC.
COMMUNIST PARTY GREW IN FRANCE, ITALY THEN DECLINE
NUREMBERG TRIALS-22 NAZIS

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JAPAN

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DEMILITARIZATION-DEMOCRATIZATION-LAND, RIGHTS

EMPEROR NOT DIVINE, DIET, ARTICLE 9-JAPAN CANNOT WAGE WAR

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