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Casualties
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45 million
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Time on time line
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1939-1945
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Main opposing parties
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Allies v.s. Axis Powers
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Main Leaders behind the cause
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Germany:
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Adolf Hitler
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Italy:
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Mussolini
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Japan:
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Reasons for cause
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Germany
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Suffering from WW I, and to make a Greater
Germany.
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Italy
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Mussolini wanted more colonies for natural
resources
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Japan
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Japan wanted to be rich and powerful
like European countries, thus wanting to expanding foreign trade and to
obtain raw materials to develop its industries
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