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What were the causes of WW2? Great Depression, Fascism, Germany hurt economically, rise of Japanese militarism and imperialism
Who became dictator of Germany? Hitler
What is appeasement? policy of giving into demand to keep the peace
What was the official start of WW2? Invasion of Poland (1939) by Germany
What did Hitler capture next? France
Who won the Battle of Britain? Great Britain
Why did the Germans lose to the Russians? The tried to capture Russia in winter.
Who attack the Americans at Pearl Harbor in 1941? Japan
Whom did the US declare war on? Japan, Germany, and Italy
What strategy did the US use on the Japanese in the Pacific? Island hopping
How did the Americans defeat the Japanese in 1945? dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, and the Japanese finally surrendered
What is the D-Day Invasion? On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded France at Omaha Beach, France. The Americans, British, Canada, and US liberated France.
When did the war in Europe finally end? May 1945 invaded Berlin, Germany, 1945,and captured it. Hitler committed suicide. USSR overruns Eastern Europe.
What was the Holocaust? It was the killing of Jews and other "undesirable" persons by the Germans starting in the later 1930's until 1945. It was started by Hitler so he could create a master race.
What were the results of World War2? 55 million killed, Europe and Asia in ruins; the powers of Western Europe devastated; colonial peoples freed; creation of the United Nations; US and USSR emerged as superpowers
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