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Holocaust
Jews and other races were being persecuted by Adolf Hitler with massive killings within concentration camps. -
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Important Events of World War II
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Germany invading Poland
Hitler wanted to intend the wage war, he came up with a blizkreig strategy to gain back the lost territory and rule Poland. -
Arsenal of Democracy
Roosevelt radio broadcast keeping U.S out of fighting, but helped fight the Nazi Germany by supplying them military supplies. -
Pearl Harbor bombed
Japanese have a surprise attack on the American Naval base to get the U.S. involved in war. -
United States enter war
United States entering the war after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. They wanted to get back at Japan. -
D-Day
Allies liberated invasion on Normandy, France from Nazi Germany control. -
V-E Day
end of the war in Europe -
Big Three in Potsdam
Truman, Stalin, and Churchill discuss post-war arrangements in Europe. U.S., Great Britain, and China would all fight Japan. -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
First the bomb was tested and was decided to get back at Japanese for the surprise attack. So they try to make them surrender from doing anything else by killing millions of civilians. -
Atomic bomb on Nagasaki
Japan didn't respond, therefore U.S. did all they could do for them to surrender. So, they did another atom drop. -
V-J Day
Japan had surrendered
