Thursday, May 15, 2008

Chapter 29: Rise of Dictators & World War II

WORLD WAR II

Why?
-->Weak League of Nations
-->Great Depression
-->German invasions
-->Spanish Civil War

Major Events:
-->Poland is attacked
-->France surrenders
-->Allies vs. Axis
-->Blitzkrieg
-->Meeting of the Big Three-Yalta Conference, Potsdam Conference
-->D-Day
-->Dropping of the atomic bombs

Who?
Adolf Hitler (Germany)
Benito Mussolini (Italy)
Winston Churchill (the U.K.)
FDR then Harry Truman (the U.S.)
Hideki Tojo (Japan)
France (Paul Reunaud)


~> Was it worth...

...$1,653,000,000,000?

...72 million lives?

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