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The formal ending of WW1 resulting in Germany losing pre-war territory. -
Adolf Hitler was appointed by the chancellor of Germany. -
An opportunity for the Nazis to showcase Hitler's Third Reich to the 49 nations of the world competing for Olympic gold. -
Chinese soldiers were summarily executed in violation of the laws of war, and looting and rape was widespread. Due to multiple factors, death toll estimates vary from 40,000 to over 300,000, with rape cases ranging from 20,000 to over 80,000 cases. -
Germany invaded Poland which marked the beginning of WW2. -
Gas chambers were used to kill out all of the sick, elderly, young, and unhelpful workers, instead of sending them to concentration camps. -
Germany, Italy, and Japan all signed a treaty that deterred the United States from entering the conflict. -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and entered America into WW2 -
Japanese Americans couldn't be trusted so they were all sent to internment camps in the United States. -
It stopped the growth of Japan in the Pacific and put the United States in a position to begin shrinking the Japanese empire. -
Germany surrendered on Sept 17, 1945
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An island that the US attacked because they wanted to take of Japan's airbase. -
The US drops 2 bombs on Japan to get them to surrender.