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Hitler believed that in order to have the perfect Aryan race, he would have to exterminate all who were not purebred Germans.
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Germany claimed that the invasion of Poland was a defensive action, but in reality, the plan was to annex the nation for more territory.
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With Hitler's orders given to imprison Jews, concentration camps began opening their doors to keep the Jewish population.
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With the country in need of a strong leader, Winston Churchill takes the helm of Great Britain.
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Moving around France's Maginot Line, the Germans managed to march right through France and capture Paris easily.
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With Britain the only region in Europe which had resistance left, Hitler ordered his air force to pound the island until it surrendered.
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Because of severe losses suffered by the German Luftwaffe, Hitler ordered German forces to stop the operation and focus elsewhere.
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Hitler, desiring world domination and fearing that the Soviets would become too powerful to resist, initiates a surprise attack against Stalin.
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The Germans, having conceived new tactics of mobile armor, decide to use it in real action during the invasion of Poland.
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Because the US had an embargo on Japan, the Japanese decided to attack Pearl Harbor to shock the Americans into submission.
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America, having been attacked and humiliated viciously, decide on ending their isolation and declare war on Japan.
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With suspicion rising at anyone related to Japan, Japanese-Americans are sent to camps to be kept under close guard.
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Japanese commanders give out ambiguous commands and let their carriers become sitting ducks for U.S. bombers.
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Deciding that a supply route by sea was too dangerous, the Japanese decide to use prisoners of war to build a railway as a supply route.
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Because of the supply shortage in Japan due to US submarine attacks, kamikaze pilots attempt to sink the former to alleviate the crisis.
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America, opting to use a "stepping-stone" plan to invade one island at a time, lands on Okinawa and Iwo Jima to rid them of the Japanese.
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With the war showing no signs of stopping, America attack Japanese cities with incendiaries, hoping to damage Japanese morale.
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Because Roosevelt has suddenly died, and the war still ongoing, Vice President Truman is quickly sworn into office as the next President.
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Due to failing health, President Roosevelt suddenly suffers a stroke and dies.
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Nazi Germany, having lost its Fuhrer and most of the army, officially capitulates to the Allies.
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The Western Allies launch an offensive into France to aid their compatriots in the East who are bearing the brunt of German attacks.
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Because the US are unwilling to sacrifice more lives in this already costly war, they decide to unleash their new weapon against Japan.
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The US government, desperate to end the war, deploys a second atomic bomb against Japan.
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Having witnessed incredible destruction in just four days, Japan decides to surrender and quickly end the war.
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With the surrender of the last Axis power, World War 2 is finally at an end.