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holocaust
germans killed jews
nazis sent jews to concentration camps
anyone that wasn't white was sent to the concentration camps
hitler believed jews were the cause of all german problems
about 6 million jews were killed -
war starts in europe
between the allies and the axis
included a vast majority of the worlds countries
started when germany invaded poland
axis formed alliances with italy and japan
germany and soviet union formed a pact together -
battle of britain
british airforce defended against nazis attack planes
fought entirely by airforce
hitler planned on using navy to invade britain afterword
british destroyed supply barges that would be used for the attack
winston churchill was the prime minister -
pearl harbor
japan attacked american military base in hawaii
they used suicide bombers
caused america to enter ww2
2335 people were killed
intention was to eliminate the american navy -
battle of stalingrad
stalingrad is in russia
germany and its allies invaded russia to take stalingrad
largest confrontation of ww2
fierce close quarters combat
direct assaults on civilians through air raids -
d day
the invasion of normandy
germany controlled the french beach
more than 160,000 allies troops aided in the invasion
more than 5000 ships, and 13,000 aircraft helped
largest seaborne invasion in history -
atomic bombings
atom bombs were dropped on japanese cities
the 2 cities were nagasaki and hiroshima
after nagasaki, japan surrendered
bombs were dropped by america
nagasaki was in august 9th -
war ends in europe
the war ended in europe in 1945
FDR and Truman were the presidents during the war
allied forces liberated nazi death camps
allies discovered how widespread the holocaust was
hitler killed himself