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Benito Mussolini |
Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia (1935), joined Germany in the Axis pact (1936), and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.
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Joseph Stalin |
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)he used propaganda and censorship to make himself look good. He also controlled education and brainwashed the children. |
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Adolf Hitler |
(r. 1934- 1945) Leader of the Nazis, Der Führer in Nazi Germany during WWII, committed suicide |
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Neville Chamberlain |
1938; gullible British Prime Minister; declared that Britain and France would fight if Hitler attacked Poland. |
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Winston Churchill |
Kept warning of the Nazi danger in pre-war years. He was elected prime minister ofGreat Britain after the total collapse of the appeasement policy of his predecessor Neville Chamberlain. Chamberlain failed to understand that aggressors like Hitler can not be appeased. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
President of the US during Great Depression and World War II |
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Hedeki Tojo |
Hedeki TojoPrime minister of Japan and military leader during WWII, later executed for war crimes. |
