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start of holocaust
The extermination of European Jewish people by the Nazis. Hitler believed they were inferior. -
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WW2
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Germany invades Poland
Germany invades Poland. Hitler considered Polish people inferior and wanted Germans to live there -
Italy invades North Africa
Benito Mussolini had declared war on Britain and France. He invades Egypt in an attempt to expand his empire. -
The start of the Manhattan Project
Top secret US government program to developed the first atomic weapon before Nazi Germany. -
attack on pearl harbor
The Japanese military attacks the United States Naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
Internment of Japanese Americans
antiJapanesse suspicion was growing in the US which led to the Roosevelt administration placing Japanese Americans in camps for the duration of the war. -
Battle of Midway
A four-day sea and air battle. The outnumbered US pacific Fleet destroyed 4 Japanese aircraft carriers. -
Invasion of Normandy
the start of the campaign to liberate north-west Europe from Nazi occupation -
Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US to force a quick surrender by the Japanese and to test the worlds first atomic bomb in combat. -
Battle of Bulge
Hitlers last major offense during WW2 against the Western Front