World War II (1939-1945)

• 1933- Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany
• 1938- annexed Austria
- Great Britain, France, and Soviet Union protested but did nothing
- Annexed Sudetenland (part of Czech.), gave Sudetenland to Hitler assuming he would stop, Hitler broke treaty, took over Czech
• 1939- German ships took over Poland, Britain, and France declared war
- Germany takes over Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France surrended
• Dec. 8, 1941- U.S. entered WWII- day Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, war with Germany and Italy
• D-Day- June 6, 1944- secret invasion to free France and Belgium
- Allies invaded Germany
• May 8, 1945- Germany surrendered
• Aug. 1945- U.S. surrendered 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Allies Axis
Great Britain Germany
France Soviet Union (until 1941)
Canada Japan
U.S. (from 1941)
Soviet Union (from 1941)
China

* The Holocaust
- approx. 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jews killed -- 11 million total
- Holocaust- disaster that killed many people
- Blue-eyes, Blond-haired, White, Arian blood- not killed unless they spoke out against him
- Went to work camps, concentration camps, or death factories

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