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Hitler’s control (1933–1945) was a totalitarian dictatorship established through the rapid dismantlement of German democracy, merging party and state via Gleichschaltung (coordination). It was maintained through systemic fear, propaganda, the Führerprinzip (absolute authority), and the violent elimination of opposition, creating a one-party state where all facets of life were Nazified. -
The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored genocide of approximately six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II, using mass murder, starvation, and forced labor, alongside the persecution of other groups like Roma, Sinti, and disabled people. It was a deliberate effort to exterminate entire populations, primarily through methods like poison gas and brutal conditions. -
World War II (1939–1945) was the largest, deadliest global conflict in history, involving most of the world's nations divided into two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It featured total war, the Holocaust, and the first use of nuclear weapons, resulting in over 60 million deaths before the Axis defeat. -
The Yalta Conference (February 4–11, 1945) was a critical World War II meeting of the "Big Three" Allied leaders—U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin—held in the Crimean city of Yalta. It aimed to finalize the Allied victory, plan the post-war occupation of Germany, and structure a new, peaceful Europe. -
VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) is marked on May 8, 1945, to celebrate the official unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany's armed forces, effectively ending World War II in Europe. It was a day of massive public celebration and relief for the Allied nations, though it was not the end of the global war.