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The US was in a depression from 1929-1941
until they entered the war.
Germany’s plans to take over the oil in the
middle east.
Access of raw materials.
Japan invaded Manchuria.
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Americas economy continued to boom
Unlike the US Germany’s economy laid in
shambles
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Germany wanted to dominate Europe
Japan wanted to take over Asia, especially
China
Italy wanted to dominate the Balkans and a
few other areas
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Fear of the spread of communism
Mussolini of Italy desired making a new
roman empire.
Hitler had an idea of restoring Germany’s
rightful boundaries
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Churchill of Britain doubled the number of
anti-aircraft guns
Air attacks began to only happen at night.
Bombs often killed people they didn’t hit by
sucking all the air out of their lungs
Most common US aircraft
Most common Soviet aircraft.
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http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_subj.html
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http://www.worldsocialism.org/articles/economic_causes_
of_war.php
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http://economics.about.com/od/useconomichistory/a/pos
t_war.htm
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http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GermanEconomicMira
cle.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_II
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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/impact_blitz_london.
htm