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An act of genocide against the jews, the cause of this was that Hitler wanted power.
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Germany invaded Poland. Adolf Hitler said that the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. Blitzkrieg
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Germany established the first ghetto in Poland.
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Hitler could not use the Blitzkrieg strategy because Great Britain is an Island.
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Japan launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
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On February 1942, Japanese-Americans were ordered to detention camps in Wyoming, Utah, and other states because of they were born of Japanese ancestry due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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Battle of Midway was a naval battle between the U.S and Japan. Pacific Theater
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Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad. This event stopped Hitler from using the blitzkrieg method.
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The British-American invasion of French North Africa.
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Operation Overlord was the code-name given to the Allied invasion of German by Allied forces. . The allies put in place a system of fake installations and false clues to convince Germany that the invasion would occur near Calais on the English Channel, but instead landed in Normandy.
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A battle in France. The battle of the Bulge depleated Germany's army that they had to surrender in the end.
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the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire.
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Little Boy was the codename for the type of atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by teh U.S.
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Fat Man was the codename for the type of atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States.
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The Unted Nations was established to solve problems between nations.
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Allies prosecuted German military leaders, political officials, industrialists, and financiers for crimes they had committed.
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The British mandate over Palastine came to an end. Palastine then was called Isreal.