https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f en-us 2023-02-03 16:26:37 UTC 2026-02-26 01:15:52 UTC hello@padlet.com maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467815504 2023-02-03 16:30:46 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467815504 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467823271 Winston Churchill was an inspirational statesman, writer, orator, and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. Following Neville Chamberlins resignation in 1940, Churchill was chosen to succeed him as Prime Minister of an all-party coalition government.]]> 2023-02-03 16:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467823271 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467827673  Some of his most memorable speeches were given in this period, and are credited with stimulating British morale during periods of great hardship. The interwar years saw Churchill again ‘cross the floor’ from the Liberals, back to the Conservative Party.]]> 2023-02-03 16:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467827673 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467828779 https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/winston-churchill]]> 2023-02-03 16:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467828779 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467829904 2023-02-03 16:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467829904 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467834764 His presidency which spanned twelve years was unparalleled, not only in length but in scope. FDR took office with the country mired in a horrible and debilitating economic depression that not only sapped its material wealth and spiritual strength. FDR also was one of the leaders that help with the "New Deal" which was later and way to get out of the great depression. ]]> 2023-02-03 16:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467834764 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467837456 In the 1932 presidential election, Roosevelt defeated Republican incumbent Herbert Hoover and began his presidency in the midst of the Great Depression. During the first 100 days of the 73rd U.S. Congress, he spearheaded unprecedented federal legislative productivity.]]> 2023-02-03 16:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467837456 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467837838 https://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt]]> 2023-02-03 16:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467837838 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467840654 2023-02-03 16:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467840654 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467851415 Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau am Inn, a small Austrian town near the Austro-German frontier. After his father, Alois, retired as a state customs official, young Adolf spent most of his childhood in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany’s Nazi Party, was one of the most powerful and notorious dictators of the 20th century.]]> 2023-02-03 16:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467851415 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467853066
After a devastating fire at Germany’s parliament building, the Reichstag, in February 1933—possibly the work of a Dutch communist, though later evidence suggested Nazis set the Reichstag fire themselves—Hitler had an excuse to step up the political oppression and violence against his opponents.

]]> 2023-02-03 17:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467853066 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467853330 https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/adolf-hitler-1#section_9]]> 2023-02-03 17:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467853330 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467855138 2023-02-03 17:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467855138 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467858197 Stalin grew up poor and an only child. His father was a shoemaker and an alcoholic who beat his son, and his mother was a laundress. As a boy, Stalin contracted smallpox, which left him with lifelong facial scars. As a teen, he earned a scholarship to attend a seminary in the nearby city of Tblisi and study for the priesthood in the Georgian Orthodox Church.]]> 2023-02-03 17:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467858197 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467859131 In 1912, Lenin, who was then in exile in Switzerland, appointed Stalin to serve on the first Central Committee of the Bolshevik Party. Three years later, in November 1917, the Bolsheviks seized power during the Russian Revolution. The Soviet Union was founded in 1922, with Lenin as its first leader.]]> 2023-02-03 17:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467859131 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467859616 https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/joseph-stalin#rise-to-power]]> 2023-02-03 17:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2467859616 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470366709 2023-02-06 16:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470366709 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470373502 Originally a revolutionary socialist and a newspaper journalist and editor, he forged Italy’s violent paramilitary fascist movement in 1919 and declared himself prime minister in 1922.
he allied himself with Adolf Hitler during World War II, relying on the German dictator to prop up his leadership.

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In 1921, the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III dissolved Parliament amidst growing violence and chaos. Elections brought a huge win for the Fascists, with Mussolini taking a seat as a deputy in Parliament. The party changed its name to Partito Nazionale Fascista.

]]> 2023-02-06 16:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470378325 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470378775 2023-02-06 16:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470378775 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470380584 2023-02-06 16:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470380584 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470384712 Known within the army as “Razor Tôjô” both for his bureaucratic efficiency and for his strict, uncompromising attention to detail, he climbed the command ladders, in close association with the army faction seeking to upgrade and improve Japan’s fighting capabilities despite tight budgets and “civilian interference.” Tôjô built up a personal power base and used his position as head of the military police of Japan’s garrison force in Manchuria to rein in their influence before he became the Kwantung Army’s chief of staff in 1937.]]> 2023-02-06 16:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470384712 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470388822 Tojo worked his way up in the Imperial Japanese Army. ​In July of 1940, Tojo was appointed as Army Minister for Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.  This was significant because Tojo’s military successes had also gained him political influence in the Japanese government.  Konoe had chosen Tojo because he believed that Tojo was a strong-minded commander who would promote honor and devotion to the Emperor.]]> 2023-02-06 16:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470388822 maynt31 https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470389329 https://www.historycrunch.com/hideki-tojo.html#/]]> 2023-02-06 16:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/maynt31/4ib3z6viqu6fuy7f/wish/2470389329