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Kristallnacht was called "The Night Of Broken Glass" because the destuction caused a lot of broken glass. Nazis attacked Jewish peoples property. They burned synagogues, destroyed businesses, ransacked Jewish homes, and brutalized the Jewish people.
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Britain, France, and Canada declared war on Germany... Soviet Union joined Germany's side.
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RAF achieved a decisive victory over the German Luftwaffe. British had 1,963 aircraft, & Germans had 2,550 aircraft.
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Japanese attacked the United States on this day. The Attack lasted from 7:55 until 9:45. An effect on the Pearl Harbor attack is the U.S. declared war against the Japanese.
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It proved that aircraft carrier warfare would be the main part in future wars.
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Consider the turning point of World War II. Over 1,530,000 people killed, wounded or captured.
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D-Day is the name given to the landing of 160,000 Allied troops in Normandy, France. The success of the invasion of Normandy was really the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.
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Leyte Gulf was marked the largest naval battle ever fought on the face of the earth.
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It was a costly battle against bout 21,000 Japanese who were well entrenched and fortified. Only 216 prisoners were taken. US losses were 6,226 killed in action and 19,189 wounded.
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American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It killed 80,000. Thousands later died from the radiation exposure.
