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The Holocaust was the persecution and murder of six million Jewish people by the Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators. They killed nearly two out of every three European Jews using deadly living conditions, brutal mistreatment, mass shootings, gassings, and specially designed killing centers.
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Germany invaded Poland, which sparked the beginning of World War II. German forces broke through Poland's defenses. Many people in Poland fled the country upon Germany's invasion. -
The Battle of Britain was a major air battle. It was fought mostly over southern England. After the fall of France, Germany planned to gain air superiority in preparation for an invasion of Great Britain.
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The Nazi Germany launched a surprise attack on the Soviet Union, who was its ally in the war against Poland. Soon after the invasion, mobile killing units began the mass murder of Soviet Jews. This eventually led to the deaths of millions of Soviet prisoners of war and Soviet civilians. -
Pearl Harbor is a U.S. Naval Base near Hawaii. Japan launched a surprise attack on the base. On the day of the attack, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended down to the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians, and another 1,000 people were wounded.
