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Nazi Germany invaded Poland and marked the start of WWII
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German armies took control of France
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The battle was fought entirely by air forces
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On December USA officially joined the war. It became one of the leaders of the war. -
Nazi Germany invaded their own allies: The Soviet Union and made the Soviet Union switch sides against Nazi Germany
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The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and made USA officially join the war -
Mexican oil ships were destroyed by Axis Powers. This made Mexico officially join the war with The Allies. They sent their air force to fight in the war. -
The US navy defeated the Japanese fleet. This started the rescue of Japanese-held islands and also started reaching Japan
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Manhattan project was a top secret government project of the world’s first nuclear weapons. The project was led by J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Nazi Germany unsuccessfully invaded the Soviet Union and ended up retreating. The soviets used some strategies from WWI.
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The allies invaded the Nazi-occupied France with a lot of planning and had around 1.5 million soldiers of Britain, USA and Canada
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Hitler, his wife and some leaders committed suicide by drinking cyanide and Hitler died with a gunshot to the head. -
The Nazis surrendered because of Hitler’s Death. But the war is not over yet since the Japanese have not surrendered yet. -
The war has officially ended with Japan surrendering upon the bombings and marks the end of WWII
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The USA wanted to end things quickly so they dropped the first and last nuclear bomb to ever be used.