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2. Adolph Hitler -Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany
Adolph Hitler -Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany. He believed that Germans were better than other people. He wanted to take over the world.

3. Josef Stalin- Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union
Josef Stalin- Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union. Even though the Soviet Union was allied with the Allied Powers, he was not friendly toward democratic countries.

4. Benito Mussolini -Mussolini was the dictator of Italy who was allied with Hitler.

5. Winston Churchill- Churchill was the prime minister of Great Britain who encouraged his citizens not to give up during the bombings He was closely allied with the United States.

6. Franklin D. Roosevelt- Roosevelt was the president of the United States when World War II started. He died while still in office.

7. Harry Truman- Truman took over the U. S
Harry Truman- Truman took over the U.S. presidency after Roosevelt died and made the tough decision in August 1945 to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending WWII.

8. Axis Powers-Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied Powers- Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and eventually, the United States
Soviet Union and Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 starting WWII
Battle of Britain?” is when Germany attacked Great Britain for 8 months. Winston Churchill refused to give up, and Great Britain never succumbed to German occupation.
Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.

9. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, Before this event, the United States was trying to stay out of the world war. We realized that Japan and Germany were achieving far too many military successes and were beginning to threaten our democracy.

10. The federal government encouraged factories to switch from making consumer goods to making war- related goods.
Propaganda
posters

11. A shortage in labor led women to once again leave their homes and go to work in the factories. “Rosie the Riveter” was a caricature created to encourage and recruit women into wartime industries. Many women joined the armed forces as nurses, drivers, pilots, and even soldiers.

12. A shortage in labor led many jobs to open up for African-Americans
A shortage in labor led many jobs to open up for African-Americans. Many African-Americans also helped to fight during WWII, and after their efforts in WWII, President Truman officially banned segregation in the military, desegregating the armed forces.

13. The Tuskegee Airmen were an elite group of African-American pilots in the 1940s. The Tuskegee Airmen included pilots, navigators, bombardiers, maintenance and support staff, instructors, and all the personnel who kept the planes in the air. They were still forced to operate in segregated units.
Then
Now

14. Summarize information that is new to you
Activity:
Summarize information that is new
to you
Or that you find “interesting”
about World War II.
You need at least 5 sentences.