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Around the time of WWll, there were four main dictators in which there countires played a role in WWll. These countries were Germany, Soviet Union, Japan, and Italy.From Germany, arose the infamous Adolf Hitler. From The Soviet Union there was Joseph Stalin. From the Japanese Empire there was leader Hideki Tojo. And from Italy, there was Moussolini.
 * Dictators of World War ll.****Who were the four main dictators of WWll and which countries did they rule?**

**Italy's dictator and his agressive actions up to 1939.** Unlike Hitler, it took Moussolini many years to achieve his dictatorship power. He was first elected Prime Minister of Italy in 1922. His time as Prime Minister almost ended with the murder of Matteotti, a Socialist who often spoke out against Moussolini. Whenever things started to calm down in Italy, Moussolini started to get support from the country, from both the working class and the industrial "top dogs". Moussolini started to work towards dictatorshipwith his introduction of the Fascist Grand Council, which would basically decide policy for Italy without the consult of non-fascist. Then he introduced Acerbo Law with said that if a party got 25% percentof votes, they got 66% parliament seats. This ended many politician's careers. There wer also many Fascist thugs that were around to punish anyone who spoke out against the law, and Moussolini openly supported this. In the next elections, almost 2/3s of the parliament was now fascist, and clearly a step toward dictatorship for Moussolini. Whenever Matteotti was murdered most certainly by fascist thugs, many non-fascist party members left in protest. Now in 1924 the parliament was mostly fascist, even better for Moussolini. In 1926, all rival poilitical parties and newspapers were banned. in 1927 he set up a secret police force called the OVRA that arrested over 4000 people for "Political offenses". Moussolini then changed the constitution and made i into a Diarchy, which meant there were two heads that ruled the country; Moussolini and the King, Victor Emmanuel. Around 1939, Moussolini completely abolished the Parliament.

**France and England appeases Hitler?** France and England wanted to do there best to avoid war with Germany, so there were a series of appeasments towards Hitler. The first was in 1933 when Hitler came into power in Germany and ignored the Treaty of Versailles and in 1936 when he began to build up Germany's military, in which France and England did nothing in response. Then also in 1938 whenever Germany annexes Austria as well as the Sudetenland, again the French and Britains were getting mad, but they did not respond. Japan's expansion basically started in 1933 whenever Japan invaded Manchuria. Soon after the invasion, Japan left the League of Nations. Then in 1937, with tensions between China and Japan already high, there was an incident on the Marco-Polo Bridge where the two countries had a minor engagement. This led to war between to the two countries. Once WWll was in full-motion, around 1941, Japan's conquest really started to kick off. Within a short period of time, Japan invaded many Countries and territories: mostly islands in the pacific. With most of the Allied countries already waged in an exauhsting war, Japan used this in advantage and pressed forward to place such as the Fillipinos. Luckily, there were turning points in the war such as fighting in Midway and the Coaral Sea, in which Japans momentum began to stop.
 * Japanese Expansion **

**U.S.A Enters the war!** December 7th, 1941. With the U.S not officially in WW2, Japan catches us off gaurd and attacks at Pearl Harbor, sinking and damaging many warships. On this infamous day, the U.S enters and declares war on Japan and Germany.

During WWll there were many supplies that were running short. This is why the government introduced rationing. Everyday items such as sugar, flour, cigarettes, and matches were rationed. Even gas was rationed, so this means that sometimes you could not go buy gas when you wanted to, or even go buy as much sugar and flour you needed. Many items such as rubber, tin, aluminum, and metal were salvaged as part of the effort. Overall, the rationing was good because it helped out the U.S military when supplies were low, and many people were okay with rationing because they were used to it from the Depression.
 * Efforts at home that made it to the front line! **

The Office of War Information, or the OWI, was created in 1942 and was basically responsible the the propraganda and war info that was released to the public. Propraganda is information or ideas that are used to encourage or harm another group, such as Hitler did towards the Jews. Most propraganda in WWll for the U.S was encouraging, and at times boosted morale. It also gave citizins at home a feeling of relief, because they knew that the tide was starting to turn. Examples of propraganda that the OWI produced were posters, signs, and films/videos.
 * The Office of War Information! **

With the threat of a Japanese invasion growing, the Japanese-American population from the west coast of the US were rounded up and sent to internment camps witht the passing of Executive Order 9066. Interment camps are basically detention centers that are used to hold political opponents and groups such as a civillian poulation in a critical war-zone. Altough the US produced propaganda videos to make it look like the Japanese in the internment camps were living well, they were very much prisoners in one way or another. In my opinion, the Ex. order 9066 was a tatical desicion in a time of war that was to try to protect the US, but maybe they could of approached it in a different manner.
 * Youre Not Prisoners... **

The Manhattan Project was simply a secrect program being lead by the US, with association from Canada and the UK, to develope the worlds first atomic bomb, that would essentially help end WWll. The project began around 1940, and grew very largely within the next years. The two atomic bombs, Fat Man and Little Boy, were finally developed around 1945, and were dropped on Japan on August 6th and 9th. While the bombs were a good thing for the allied powers to end the war, the development of atomic bombs were not good for humanity.
 * The Manhattan Project! **


 * How the War Was Fought. **

Eisenhower was the commanding general of the victorious forces in europe during WWll and was responsible for many sucessful victories, including the Invasion of Normandy. the Invasion of Normany on June 6th 1944, D-Day, was one of the largest amphibious assualts to date, andpaved the way for the Allies to win the war. Nearly 10,000 aircraft were used and 5,000 ships. Altough nearly 126,000 soldiers were K.I.A, M.I.A, or wounded the operation in Normany was a sucess.
 * Dwight Eisenhower and the Ivasion of Normandy.**

With a very large amount of U.S civillians being dragged off to go fight in WWll, aroung 7 million, Goerge Marshall basically approved a training schedule for men entering Army land forces training, such as basic infantry skills, weapons proficiency, and combat tactics. The training schedule produced efficient soldiers in the right amount o time and led to the modern day training shedules that we now have.
 * George Marshall**

Omar Bradley was a U.S Army Commander, who later became General of the Armies, who led forces in North Africa and Europe. Bradleys forces were responsible for many victories during WWll, such as The Battle of the Buldge and even the liberation of France. The Battle of the Buldge was a German offensive attack. With complete surprise, the attack went well for the Germans, but soon, with fierce resistance from Bradley's Forces along with Patton's, the Germans were defeated.
 * Omar Bradley, (Battle of the Buldge)**

George S. Patton was an army general that also led many victories during WWll. The Soviet Union was basically pressing the Allies to launch an offense in Europe to open a new front, which would release pressure on the Soviet Union, but the U.S knew this would be a bad idea. Alternatively, Operation Torch was formed. Operation Torch, which was lead by George Pattons forces, was an offensive not in Europe, but in N. Africa. This eliminated the Axis powers in N. Africa and led to the control of the Mediteranian Sea. No one U.S leader had a great influence on the outcome of WWll, but all the Generals and Commanders that lead the forces did.
 * George Patton, Operation Torch**

The Tuskeegee Airmen were an African American fighter pilot group during WWll. These airmen, altough faced with prejudice, stood out with pride. They took apart of Operation Torch and had other sucesses such as destroying over 1000 enemy equipments and enemies, as well as only loosing about 25 missions out of hundreds.
 * Tuskeegee Airmen**

The first concentration camp was not intentionally liberated by the U.S, but was dicovered by units of the American Fourth Armored Division of the Third Army. What they found inside was grim; around 700 starving men, women and children, as well as 3000 corpses.
 * Liberation of concentration camps**

**Pacific Theater**

After a Japanese seige in the Bataan Peninsula, a large number of US and Filipino forces had to surrender. The Japanese planned the march to move some 78,000 prisoners. There were multiple reasons why the prisoners were moved. one obvious reason was that the prisoners would place a large burden on the Japanese. Another reason was that they moved the prisoners so that the Americans would not see the Japanese practicing for an amphibious assault. Along the march, many soldiers were beaten, starved, and even executed by the Japanese.
 * Bataan Death March**

The Battle of Midway can be looked at as the biggest and most important naval battle of WWll. The Japanese planned to attack and take control of midway islands, to finally push the US out of the pacific. The Japanese planned to ambush the U.S by tricking them into a battle, but the exact plans were intercepted, and on the date of the attack the U.S defeated the attempt. This was a major defeat that the Japanese wouldn't recover from, hence it being a turning point.
 * Battle of Midway..Turning point..**

These leaders, Chester, a 5star admiral for the Navy, and MacArthur, General of the Army, were both responsible for victories in the pacific theater. **Nimitz** was responsible for many naval battles against the Japanese, and MacArthur was known for the fighting against the Japanese in the Philippines, which both weaken the imperial army.
 * Chester Nimitz and Douglas MacArthur.**