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Holocaust
Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Holocaust. Jews were killed and held hostage under brutal conditions. -
Japanese Internment Camps
It became a policy that all people of Japanese descent would be put into isolation camps -
U.S halts Japanese
When the Japanese were seeing to take control of the Coral Sea with an invasion of Port Moresby, the U.S intercepted -
Battle of Stalingrad
A brutal military campaign between Russian forces and NAzi Germany and the Axis powers during WW1 One of the longest, largest and bloodiest engagement in modern welfare. Nearly 2 million people were killed or injured. -
Kidney machine
The first artificial kidney machine was made by Willem Kolff -
Allies invaded Italian mainland
British invades Italian Peninsula, on the day of the landing, the Italian government secretly agreed to the Allies terms for surrender -
D-Day
The largest amphibious invasion in history. Took place on the beaches of Normandy in France -
Japan
Japan surrenders. World War II officially ends. -
Atomic Bomb
The Soviets successfully exploded their first atomic bomb -
Germany Splits
After Berlin was divided into communist and capitalist zones, the entire western and eastern parts of the country split. The west was called the Federal Republic of Germany, and the east was renamed the German Democratic Republic. -
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Korean War
The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea.
