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First Concentration Camp was Started
Jews were put into concentration camps because of the antisemitism in Europe and Hitler's rule. These camps were how they were executed and controlled violently. When the Jews were finally rescued, there wasn't many left. The Shoah, the name for the time of the concentration camps, scarred the Jews and took away the little that survived's families. -
Invasion of Poland
This was the day Poland was invaded and the strategy of blitzkrieg was first introduced. Because of how well this strategy worked in this event, blitzkrieg was used much more and a very popular strategy in this time. -
Operation Lucid
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Winter War
This was a war of the Soviet Union against Finland. This region in Finland where the war was fought is a theater of war. -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise air attack by the Japanese on the US Naval Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It scared all of America and made them suspicious of Japanese Americans which prompted the Japanese American internment camps. It destroyed all of our ships and equipment. -
Battle of Midway
US stopped the advancements of Japan. -
Japanese American Internment Was Ordered
Japanese internment scarred all the Japanese Americans and still scares them. They were put into internment camps because people were suspicious that they might attack like what happened at Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Stalingrad
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Battle of El Alemein
Italian forces invaded North Africa and Hitler sent Erwin Rommel to help Italy do it. Rommel was a great leader but didn't have a lot of men. The British won because of the limit of men. It was for shipping acess to get supplies for the allies. -
Operation Torch
Allied victory that allows Allies to move into Europe because the US and Britain invaded France. -
Operation Overlord was Commenced
Operation Overlord enabled the US to take France back. It is code name for the war where this happened. -
Battle of the Bulge
The allies against Germany right after the Allies crossed the German border. The Germans outnumbered the allies but the allies didn't give up and it caused Germany and Hitler's fall. -
Nuremburg Trials
Trials going on in 1945 for German Nazis that comitted war crimes in WWII like organizing concentration camps and broadcasting Nazi propaganda. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
US attacked 'Tokyo' and it seemed hard becaause Tokyo resisted but they finally won. Naval battles are usually in water but this wasn't a naval battle. -
Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima
This terrified Japan and prompted a war between the US and Japan. It also showed the dangers of nuclear war and prompted caution towards it because it was so dangerous and damaging. -
Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki
It ends the war. -
Japan Surrenders
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United Nations was Ratified
This organization was ratified to help spread peace and cooperation between the countries of the world after the giant WWII. -
Creation of Israel
This was the date Israel was created because of Zionism. When the Jews were saved from the concentration camps in the Shoah, they had no where to go to. Their family was dead and their homes were either destroyed or taken.