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Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945 / initiated WWII by invading Poland in 1939
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Italian dictator and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF) / he pushed for a "revolutionary nationalism," which transcended class lines
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the 124th emperor of Japan - reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989 / head of state during Japan's imperial expansion, militarization, and involvement in WWII / under his rule, Japan waged a war across Asia in the 1930s and 1940s
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32nd POTUS / only U.S. President to have served more than two terms in office / built the New Deal coalition in response to the Great Depression / declared war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
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publicly warned of an "iron curtain" of Soviet influence in Europe and promoted European unity / oversaw British involvement of the Allied war effort against the Axis - resulting in victory in 1945
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33rd POTUS / authorized the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki / implemented the Marshall Plan in the wake of WWII to rebuild the economy of Western Europe / established the NATO alliance to
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leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953 / widely condemned for overseeing mass repression, ethnic cleansing, wide-scale deportation, hundreds of thousands of executions, and famines that killed millions
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an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization
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a form of government in which the monarch has absolute power among his or her people
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a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a written, unwritten, or blended constitution
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founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people
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a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs