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Pearlharbor

On December7, 1941 the U.S. troops stationed on the island of
Pearl Harbor were not awaken by the familiar sound of a bugle but by gunfire and explosions. This attack led to other events in World War II such as, America's involvement in the war and the dropping of the Atom Bomb at Hiroshima.
Between the years of 1920 and 1940 dictators came to power in
Germany, Italy, and Japan. The first country to have a dictatorship
was Italy. Thier dictator was Benito Mussolini. He became dictator
in 1922. Mussolini organized and founded the Fascist party before he
became dictator.
After their
loss in World War I Germany had severe problems
with their
economy. Adolf Hitler and his political party the Nazis
promised they would end Germanies problems if Hitler became dictator.
The Germans made Hitler their
dictator in 1933.
Italy and Germany decided to become allies in 1939. They
called themselves the Axis Powers. Japan joined the Axis Powers in
1940.
The emperor of Japan at the present time was Emperor Hirohito.
After he joined with the Axis Powers he started taking over
countries, cities, and island in and around Japan that belonged to
countries who opposed the Axis Powers.
Joseph Stalin, the ruler of Russia at the present time, sided
with Hitler until Hitler double crossed him and tried to take over
Russia. After the double cross Stalin decided to side with the
Allies.
The Allies were the countries that were opposed to the Axis
Powers. These countries were Britain, France, the U.S.A., and Russia.
The three leaders of the Allied Powers were Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin.
After World War II started Japan grew angry with the U.S.A.
because they were helping China by sending them war supplies. Japan
didn't like this because China was the main target of Japanese
attacks. As a result of this Japan decided to take a "peace" trip to
the U.S.A. . They made the trip in November...