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The Nazi party and Hitler had attempted to all get rid of Jews within Europe. He had killed over 6 million Jews and even more people who were prisoners, people with disabilities, and people who were homosexual.
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Hitler invades Poland and an attack on France is made. France and Britain declare a war on Germany.
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After Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact with Adolf Hitler, Hitler began his invasion of Poland. Following this invasion, Winston Churchill becomes prime minister.
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France falls under Nazi power. Nazi's began to overrun most of Europe and North Africa. Britain was not defeated.
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German and British air-forces fought over the skies of the United Kingdom. The battle ended after Germany's Luftwaffe failed to get a hold of the Royal Airforce Base.
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Four million troops went over to the Russian border. The Germans advanced into Russia which includes Moscow, Leningrad, and Stalingrad.
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Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. This was due to the elimination of the communist threat to Germany.
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Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked on Honolulu, Hawaii. After the assault, America declared war on Japan.
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Singapore was a British colony. Japan begins to invade Singapore, take prisoners, and kill many Allied soldiers.
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Japanese armies come to Southeast Asia, the Philippines and East Indies. It was the War of the Pacific. The Battle of Midway was a 4 day battle.
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The Allies decided to move against Italy. They wanted to remove the fascist regime from the war, divert the Germans from France, and secure the central Mediterranean.
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Italy decided to stop all hostilities with the Allied Powers after the Invasion of Sicily. They kept the surrender a secret until the invasion was underway.
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Italy used to be on the Axis Powers with Germany until it surrendered to the Allies. Hitler made plans to invade Italy and enact on Operation Axis.
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Allied troops were led into Normandy, France for an invasion. The armies began to fight their way through France and Belgium into Germany. Germany surrendered May 7, 1945.
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Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies into northwest Europe with a surprise blitzkrieg. The Germans were then neutralized despite the heavy disputes.
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Plan for America to win the war in the east. Destroyed Japan's merchant fleet from food-rich sectors. Japan's industrial base was bombed by the American airforce.
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During Franklin Delano Roosevelt's term in office, he dies from a cerebral hemorrhage. After his passing, Harry S. Truman comes into office.
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Truman had done a lot of things during his term. He made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, he helped rebuild Europe and contain communism in the US.
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Japan decided to fight against the Allied powers even after the war. This led to one of the two bombings, Hiroshima. A total of 78,000 people were killed and 100,000 people were injured.
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After the first bombing on Japan, the Allied Powers dropped another bomb. This bomb killed 40,000 more people.
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