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WWII Key Events
World War II at curriculum depth: causes and appeasement, every major front and turning point, the Holocaust, leaders and conferences, and the postwar order — each card answers not just what happened, but why it mattered.
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- How did the Treaty of Versailles (1919) help set the stage for WWII?
- How did the Great Depression (1929) feed the road to war?
- Who led Fascist Italy, and from when?
- When did Hitler become German Chancellor?
- What was appeasement?
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How did the Treaty of Versailles (1919) help set the stage for WWII?
AnswerIt imposed war guilt, heavy reparations and territorial losses on Germany — resentment that extremists like Hitler exploited.
How did the Great Depression (1929) feed the road to war?
AnswerEconomic collapse discredited moderate governments and drove voters toward extremist parties in Germany, Japan and Italy.
Who led Fascist Italy, and from when?
AnswerBenito Mussolini — in power from the 1922 March on Rome; the original model of a fascist dictatorship.
When did Hitler become German Chancellor?
Answer30 January 1933 — within 18 months he had turned Germany into a one-party dictatorship.
What was appeasement?
AnswerThe British-French policy of accepting Hitler's demands (Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland) hoping to avoid war — it failed.
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