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Tsar Nicholas II
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Tsar of Russia. He and his family killed during Russian revolution
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Rodzianko
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president of the Duma
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Grand Duke Nicholas
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tsar's uncle and in charge of the army
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Rasputin
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Russian peawsant who pretended to be a monk. Helped tsar's son who is a hemophiliac
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Protopov
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Minister of the Interior in Russia. very incompetent
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Kaiser Wilhelm
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kaiser of Germany. starts WWI.
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Alexander Kerensky
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socialist who demands the removal of the tsar
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Alexander Helphand
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socialist, non-Russian, go between that gives money from Germany to Revolutionists
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Lenin
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leader of the Bolsheviks. wins revolution in Russia and takes over. to get power must tell the people what they want to hear-"Peace, Bread, Land"
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General Kornilov
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commander of the army in Russia. announced he was going to march on Petrograd-didn't work because they were able to get ready
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Trotsky
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Menshivik until 1917 and then joined bolsheviks. immediatly brought to the top of the bolshevik party by Lenin. the most popular possible successor to Lenin
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Milyukov
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leader of the Constitutional democratic Party (cadets). called for the removal of "the government." views= classical liberal
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Stalin
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the successor to Lenin. the unfavored one, but one his reign with manipulation.
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kirov
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the popular head of the Leningrad Communist Party and was assassinated in December, 1934
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Victor Emmanuel III
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Italy's king throughout the Fascist era
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Mussolini
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appointed prime minister after old one resigned. took over as dictator of Italy. a coward
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Matteotti
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leader of the Socialists in Italy. very outspoken against the Duce and then murdered
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Gentile
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had the job of explaining Fascist philosophy or "doctrine" to those who asked
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Friedrich Ebert
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took power in Germany when the Kaiser and his chancellor resigned. member of the Majority Socialist party. First president of Germany's republic
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Prince Max Von Baden
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the kaiser's chancellor
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Wilhelm Groner
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army general with whom Ebert mand the "gentleman's agreement' with. the minister of defense at the time that the army decided to get incolved in politics
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von Seeckt
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said "troops do not fire on troops"
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Gustav Stresemann
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made chancellor of Germany for 3 months to cope with inflation and did. did want Kaiser back but knows only way for Germany to b e great is to carry out terms of treaty
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Adolf Hitler
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Leader of the Nazi Party in Germany. the fuhrer of the National Socialist German Workers Party at the time of the Beer hall Putsch
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von Kahr
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the governor of the State of Bavaria at the time of the Beer Hall
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von Lossow
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the commander of the German army units stationed in Bavaria at the time of the Beer Hall Putsch
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Seisser
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the head of the Bavarian State Police at the time of the Beer Hall Putsch
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von Schleicher
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the cheif advisor to the Minister of Defense at the time that the army decided to get involved in politics. became chancellor in 1932
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Bruning
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the "take charge" chancellor appointed as a result of the army's decision to enter politics in 1930.
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Ludendorf
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the WW1 "hero" who was always willing to lend his support to far right causes. while not please with Hitler's actions, he agreed to support the Beer hall putsch
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Goring
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lieutenant in Hitler's brownshirts. elected president of the reichstag
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Hindenburg
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General in. President of Germany and won 2nd elections
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von Papen
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the army's second choice fo chancellor. made deal that made Hitler chacellor and he became vice chancellor
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George Strasser
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a Nazi official who took the socialist part seriously
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Roehm
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leader of the SA
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Dollfuss
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Austrian chancellor who was killed during the Nazi Putsch in Austria
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Haile Selassie
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The Abyssinian emperor who appealed to the League of Nations for help
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Alfonso XIII
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Spain's last monarch prior to the civil war
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Mola
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the general who planned the military revolt which sought to overthrow the Spanish republic
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Francisco Franco
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the general who actually led the military revolt
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Neville Chamberlain
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Britian's Prime Minister in 1937.
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Arthur Seyss-Inquart
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appointed as Minister of the Interior and assumed chancelorship of Austria
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Schuschnigg
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the Austrian chancellor before Germany demanded his resignation
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Daladier
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French Prime Minister
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Benes
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president of the Czechs during the crisis
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Emil Hacha
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Czech president after Germany given Sudatenland
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Litvinov
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Stalin's Forgein minister
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Gamelin
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French commander at the start of WWII
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Petain
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replaced Gamelin as French Prime Minister
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Zhukov
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new Russian general
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Weygand
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nammed "vice-premier" of Francde when the German invasion threatened to engulf Paris. most outspoken defeatist
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von Paulos
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commander of the German sixth army
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Grant
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who Roosevelt credited with the idea of unconditional surrender
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Eisenhower
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named Supreme Allied commander in Europe when the Americans joined the european war
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Rommel
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german commander who wanted to meet an allied incasion of France with all the forces the Germans had available
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von Rundstedt
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german commander who wanted to keep some of germany's troops in reserve when an allied invasion of france began
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Montgomery
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British commander who finally permanently turned the tide against the Germans in North Africa
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Marshall Badoglio
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replaced Mussolini as head of government
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General George S. Patton
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loved history and used that as a model and loved poetry. not very good with politics
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Omahr Bradley
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US general
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McAuliffe
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american general commanding the Americans who were trapped. he had said "Nuts!" to the Germans when the demanded his surrender
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Hirohito
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Japan's emperor during WWII
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Tojo
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Japan's Prime Minister appinted in the fall of 1941 prior to Pearl Harbor.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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President during most of WWII and died in April, 1945
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Byrnes
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told Truman to be tough on the Russians and even threaten with the bomb
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Suzuki
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took over after Hirohito
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Stimson
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told truman to offer to share the bomb with Russia
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Truman
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president after FDR
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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Chinese leader who is promised land back that they lost to Japan
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Gorbachev
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leader of USSR. and believed that holding Eastern countries not important. more laid back
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Honecker
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East german leader
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Khrushchev
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took over after Stalin
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Egon Krentz
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replaced Honecker and carried out reforms in East Germany
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Egon Krentz
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replaced Honecker and carried out reforms in East Germany
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Gustav Noske
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organized the Freikorps
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