WW+II+Section+3

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 * Dictators threatened world peace
 * World War II - Started 1939
 * Axis Powers - Germany, Japan, Italy
 * Ally Powers - Poland, Great Britain, Soviet Union, *U.S. remained neutral but eventually became an Ally Power*
 * Adolf Hitler wanted control (controlled Germany)
 * Nazis - followed and obeyed Hitler
 * He lead Germany in attack on Poland using Blitzkrieg (lighting war)
 * Major events - Blitzkrieg on Poland, Germany sent warplanes to attack Great Britain, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor (1941), U.S. bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Germany attacked Soviet Union
 * World War II ended in 1945
 * Hitler committed suicide=did not want to be humiliated
 * Germany surrendered
 * Friedrich St. Florian - WWII Memorial architect
 * Memorial Layout - Plaza, Pavilions, Pillars, Commemorative Area, Rainbow Pool and Waterworks Area
 * Memorial represents lives lost (civilians and soldiers)

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 * "National World War II Memorial." //National WWII Memorial// . American Battle
 * National Park Service. "World War II Memorial." //nps.gov// . U.S. Department of the
 * Marcy Kaptur, Roger Durban. "Save Our History: National WWII Memorial." //Save Our//
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 * "National WWII Memorial Washington, D.C." //WWII Memorial//. N.p., 2003. Web. 11