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1) Germany was blamed for causing World War I and had to pay $33 million in war damages called ________________. 2) In the 1930s, a period of economic hardship called the ________ _____________ gripped the world. 3) Citizens in ________ & ________, suffering from the harsh economy, looked to ______________, or harsh rulers, for strong leadership. 4) _________ _____________ lead ________ to become the first Fascist country. 5) Fear about the ________ and bitterness about the _________ ____ _____________ lead to Hitler’s ________ Party taking control of Germany. 6) Germany was hard hit by the ______ __________, and Hitler blamed the _______ for their problems. 7) Joseph Stalin became dictator of the ________ _________. 8) His communist government controlled __________ and ___________. 9) The Treaty of Versailles was supposed to keep Germany’s military force _______, but Hitler refused to obey it. 10) When Germany took over western Czechoslovakia, ________ promised to protect _________ if they were invaded. 11) When Hitler invaded Poland in ______, France and ____________ declared war on Germany. 12) Germany attacked Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and Belgium before taking over ______________ in June of ________.
13) That same year, __________ joined the war in support of Germany. 14) Hitler’s attempt invade Great Britain was stopped by a new technology called _______________. 15) _________ ____________, Britain’s prime minister, declared that Britain would not surrender but would fight against Germany. 16) The Germans invaded the ________ __________ in 1941. 17) The Japanese attacked ________ ________ on December 7, ________, prompting the United States to enter the war. 18) _____________ is the killing of an entire group of people. Hitler wanted to kill all of Europe’s ________. 19) ________ occurred June 6, 1944, when Allied soldiers invaded Normandy, France to take back Europe. 20) On April 30, 1945, ________ committed suicide. About a week later, Germany _____________. 21) In August of 1945, the US dropped two ________ _________ on Japan to finally end World War II.