The Encyclopedia Britannica explains collectivization as part of Stalin's plan for industrialization of the Soviet Union, and describes the horrific consequences of the agrarian program on the people of Soviet Ukraine. (
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/612921/Ukraine/30078/Soviet-Ukraine#tab=active~...
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This webpage considers the impact of the Great Depression on Weimar Germany, and argues that economic hardship resulted in popular support for Hitler's election as Chancellor of Germany in 1933. (
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/weimar_depression_1929.htm
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The US Holocaust Memorial Museum examines the anti-Semitic roots of Nazi ideology, and legislation such as the Nuremberg Laws which worked to segregate Jews from mainstream German society. (
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005681
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This site looks at economic, political and ideological factors that led to Japan's entry into WW II. (
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/modernhist/wwii.html
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This UN Canada Association booklet tells the story of Canada's role in formation of the UN peacekeeping force in 1956, and Canada's involvement in subsequent operations. (
http://www.unac.org/en/link_learn/monitoring/pkbooklet_e.pdf
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The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project looks at the internment of people of Japanese descent in hastily-built camps scattered across Canada during the Second World War. (
http://www.sedai.ca/news/internment/
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