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Example Question #144 : World History
Which of the following countries did Nazi Germany first send troops to?
Austria
The Soviet Union
Italy
Spain
Czechoslovakia
Spain
The Third Reich, as part of an international proxy war between Communists and Anti-Communists, sent significant numbers of men, material, aircraft, and armored units to support fascist troops during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
Example Question #145 : World History
Who was the main Japanese military commander, and from 1941-1944 the prime minister of Japan during World War II?
Hajime Sugiyama
Yushi Yamamoto
Hideki Yamaha
Shinzo Abe
Hideki Tojo
Hideki Tojo
Tojo began his career in the military and was a quickly promoted through the ranks during Japan's first expansionist wars against China in the 1930's. He was also a strong supporter of the tripartite alliance between Japan, Germany and Italy. Tojo was the main military commander throughout much of Japan's war with the U.S. and thus was characterized as the face of the Japanese enemy in many American propaganda campaigns. After the war, he was arrested, tried for war crimes, and executed by hanging in 1948.