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12/04/2017

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Haile Selassie 

Haile Selassie I, born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and emperor from 1930 to 1974. 

Definition
Haile Selassie was a Leader in the African Country, Ethiopia. [image]
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Emperor Hirohito

 Hirohito was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Akihito. 

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Emperor Hirohito 

The daughters who lived to adulthood left the imperial family as a result of the American reforms of the Japanese imperial household in October 1947. [image]

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General Hideki Tojo

Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army, the leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association, and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II, from October 17, 1941, to July 22, 1944. 

Definition

Tojo had an education typical of a Japanese youth in the Meiji era. 

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. 

Definition

Adolf was a horrible individual and killed millions of innocent people. 

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Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943—constitutionally until 1925. 

Definition

 Benito Mussolini was a great politician. 

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Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco Bahamonde was a Spanish general who ruled over Spain as a military dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975. 

Definition

Francisco Franco 

Francisco Franco lead the military. 

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RA was a British statesman, army officer, and writer. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

Definition

Winston Churchill was a Prime Minister twice in a row.  

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Joseph Stalin

 

Joseph  Stalin was a Georgian-born Soviet revolutionary and political leader. Governing the Soviet Union as its dictator from the mid-1920's until his death in 1953. 
Definition

Joseph Stalin was the most feared man in the world at one point. 

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*"Big Three"

The big 3 were Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. 

Definition

The big 3 were Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin all agreed to focus on finishing the war in Europe before trying to end the war in Asia. 

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*Allies

The victorious allied nations of World War I and World War II. In World War I, the Allies included Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and the United States. In World War II, the Allies included Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States.     

Definition

Allies 

The russians had many Allies. 

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Axis

An imaginary line about which a body rotates.

Definition

The body rotated on the axis. 

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