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Jewish Concentration and Death Camp
Jewish Concentrations and Death camps are death factories.German SS and police murdered nearly 2,700,000 Jews. Many Jews wrote diaries or Journals about their life hiding from the Nazi Germans or in the death camps example Anne Frank. And the death camps were unsanitary there were blood, organs, body parts, and torture tools all through some of the death camps -
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Germany's Invasion of Poland
In September 1, 1939 Germany Invaded Poland. Germany Invaded using more than 2,000 tanks and more than 1,000 planes. The Polish army was defeated in two weeks.Warsaw surrendered on September 27, 1939 with a terrible loss. -
Fall of Paris
On this day Germans invaded Paris.France was losing terribly the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill assumed that America will come to their aid. Paul Reynaud telegraphed president Franklin d Roosevelt for some aid. And when the German tanks rolled in more than 2 million Parisians fled. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 nearly 8 a.m. in the morning Japanese fighter planes attack the U.S. Naval base a Pearl Harbor. The Japanese managed to destroy 20 U.S. naval vessels. A day after the assault President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked congress to declare war on the Japanese Empire. And after two years of conflict the U.S. joined in WW2 -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway happened six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This Naval Battle happened in the Pacific. American Scouts found the Japanese early June 4. And after the battle only 2/3 of the Japanese air crew survived the battle. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
In April the Jews learned the Germans planned to deport all the people who were still in the Warsaw Ghetto. Some young Jews formed an organization led by Mordecai Anielewicz. The uprising began when the Germans entered the Ghetto to deport who was left. And the Germans were forced to withdraw from the Ghetto but came back with more firepower. -
D-DAY
D-Day also known as Normandy's Landing happened on June 6, 1944. Over 160,000 allied troops fought Nazi Germany on the coastline of France. More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircrafts supported troops on D-Day. And more than 100,000 troops began a slow process in defeating Adolf Hitler's troops. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was a discussion between the allies to bomb eastern Germany. The eastern side of Germany were poor against air raid shelter. And the bombing was a success -
VE-Day
On May 8, 1945 Great Britain and the U.S. celebrated the victory over Nazi Germany. This event happened after the Germans laid their arms down and surrendered. There were many surrender documents signed in Berlin and eastern Germany. And until this day on VE-Day Great Britain and U.S. celebrates by raising flags and banners in rejoice for the victory over Germany in Europe. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped 1945
On August 6, 1945 an American B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb over Japanese city Hiroshima. On August 9, 1945 three days after Hiroshima another B-29 bomber dropped a second atomic bomb, but this time it was done to Nagasaki. Many Japanese people died from the radiation exposure. And together both cities causalities were 120,000. -
VJ-Day
It was finally announced that Japan surrendered to the allies. After the announcement that Japan surrendered August 14-15 was considered VJ-Day Victory over Japan day. President Harry S. Truman stated that "this was a day we've been waiting for after Pearl Harbor". And believe it or not Japans formal surrender was aboard the U.S.S. Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay.
