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    World War 2 was the largest and deadliest war in history between the Allied and Axis powers from 1939-1945. Major events included Germany's invasion of Poland which started the war, Germany's invasion of France in 1940, the Battle of Britain in 1940 where Britain defeated Germany in air battles, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor which brought the US into the war, the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, and the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 which led to Japan's surrender, ending the war. Over 50 million people died making it the most devastating war in modern history.

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    World War 2 was the largest and deadliest war in history between the Allied and Axis powers from 1939-1945. Major events included Germany's invasion of Poland which started the war, Germany's invasion of France in 1940, the Battle of Britain in 1940 where Britain defeated Germany in air battles, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor which brought the US into the war, the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, and the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 which led to Japan's surrender, ending the war. Over 50 million people died making it the most devastating war in modern history.

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    World War 2 was the largest and deadliest war in history between the Allied and Axis powers from 1939-1945. Major events included Germany's invasion of Poland which started the war, Germany's invasion of France in 1940, the Battle of Britain in 1940 where Britain defeated Germany in air battles, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor which brought the US into the war, the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, and the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 which led to Japan's surrender, ending the war. Over 50 million people died making it the most devastating war in modern history.

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    World War 2

     Allies vs. Axis Powers


     Allies: United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, France, China, Poland, Australia, Finland,
    Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Egypt, Greece, Yugoslavia, South Africa
     Axis Powers: Nazi Germany, Italy, Empire of Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria

     Was the largest and deadliest conflict in all of history


     50-85 million deaths
     Majority were civilians
     Massacres: genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, starvation, disease, only use of nuclear
    weapons against civilians in history

     Germany was in ruins from WW1


     Treaty of Versailles: they lost territory, demilitarization of the Rhineland, reduction of the army,
    couldn’t have an air force, had to pay the Allies a huge amount of money, that it didn’t have

     Hilter
     Was a soldier in WW1
     Crazy patriotic
     He helped start a new political party -> NSDAP
     Arrested in 1923 for an attempted march on Munich
     But his popularity grew and grew
     In 1933 the president made him Chancellor
     Hilter and Mussolini had a lot of the same ideas and the same enemies
     They become “friends”
     Japan wants to join this alliance

     Backstory Japan
     Japan had isolated itself from the rest of the world for over 200 years
     Western powers impose unequal treaties
     Bad for Japan’s economy
     Since they had no natural resources, they decided to go get some
     They went to war with China to gain influence over Korea
     They need to retreat, as the West arrives on the front
     The West then themselves take advantage of a weakened China
     Japan enraged, goes to war with Russia and wins
     They then fully take over Korea

     Hitler hated the Treaty of Versailles


     In complete violation of the treaty, the first Luftwaffe squadrons were set up
     Hilter sent his armies to Rhineland, giving orders to immediately retreat if the Allies showed up
     Hitler was keen on taking over more “Lebensraum”
     The Allies starts to get worries so they came up with a diplomatic strategy called appeasement
     Appeasement: the act of giving the opposing side in an argument or war an advantage that they
    have demanded, in order to prevent further disagreement
     1938: Invasion Austria
     He next wanted Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, where many ethnic Germans lived
     The Allies held a meeting with Hitler in Munich and made him sign an agreement, stating he
    wouldn’t invade the rest of Czechoslovakia, if they gave him Sudetenland
     Hilter signs the agreement, yet disobeys it
     Mussolini takes over Abyssinia and Albania
     Germany and Italy make their alliance official -> Pact of Steel
     Hitler wants to invade Poland, the Allies warn him that, the invasion would lead to them
    declaring a war
     Hilter doesn’t want a war on both fronts, so he makes an alliance with Stalin
     They both invade Poland together and split it amongst themselves
     01.09.1939 Invasion Poland
     Britain and France declare war on Germany

     Allies attack Sweden


     Neutral Sweden had been exporting iron to Germany despite the request of the Allies not to
     The UK mines the waters around Norway, to force any transport ships into international waters
    and they also attacked a German tanker they found in the area
     Hitler then launches an invasion through Denmark into Norway
     Loss Allies and they have to retreat
     Chamberlain resigns and Churchill replaces him

     The Allies had wanted to place troops in Belgium, but they refuse
     Hitler launches an invasion to get around France’s defenses
     The Allies charge into Belgium at full speed
     BILTZKRIEG!
     As the German’s advanced, they sent thousands of refugees westward, slowing down the Allies
     In the South, the French had left the Ardennes under defended
     Allied forces are cornered
     France is invaded!
     Hitler only occupies coastal areas, but allows France to exist as Vichy France
     UK however does not surrender, like Hitler had planned

     Hitler begins planning for an invasion of Great Britain


     The Luftwaffe targeted British ports and costal facilities
     Things were looking good for Germany
     Churchill then orders a small bombing raid over Berlin
     Hilter is furious
     He orders the Luftwaffe to focus the attacks on civilians in London
     Children were sent off to the country side, away from their parents, to avoid danger
     RAF destroys final attack of the Luftwaffe, destroying many German aircrafts
     Air superiority lies in British hands

     On the axis side, Germany, Italy and Japan signed a defensive Tripartite pact, bringing their
    military lines even closer together
     Churchill started recruiting British Troops to Greece, after Italy unsuccessfully invaded it
     Hitler gets Hungary to sign on the Tripartite Pact
     Romania joins in too
     When the war first broke out, American’s were strongly against joining in, so they started
    supplying weapons and food to the UK
     German U-Boats tried cutting off the supply chain, by sinking the supply ships
     The Allies then had to come up with better technology, to fight the problem
    o Improved radar
    o Aircraft with longer range
    o Better weaponry and convoy tactics
     In the end Alan Turing and his team of code breakers, cracked Germany’s Enigma code and the
    U-Boats gradually became less and less of a threat
     Bulgaria joins the Axis-Powers, Yugoslavia is invaded
     Hitler invaded Soviet Union with 3 Million troops
     Largest ground invasion in history
     The invasion of Russia had been Hitler’s main ideological goal from the beginning
     Germany makes great progress, because Stalin was not ready
     When the German’s reach Moscow, winter sets in
     Stalin calls in troops from the Siberian front, specially trained to fight in extreme cold
     Germans are pushed back

     Japan makes plans to expand southwards, which is heavily colonized by America and Brittan
     07.12.1941 the Japanese launched a surprise air raid on the U.S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor and
    inflicted a lot of damage
     They also attacked British colonies in South-East Asia
     Roosevelt and Churchill declare war on Japan

     In all occupied nations, the people suffered, persecution, forced labor, harsh punishments for
    any, who spoke out against their occupiers
     In Europe the Nazi’s were rounding up ethnic minorities and other unwanted groups and
    individuals, in particular millions of Jewish people -> The Holocaust

     After winter was over, Hitler changes his strategy


     He plans to invade the Caucasus, which is an area full of oil and take all the oil
     He moved/rerouted the 4th panzer Army too early, leaving the 6th army to take the key Soviet
    city, Stalingrad
     The Soviets had moved their factories to the east
     Those factories had been producing weapons for the Soviet Army
     The 6th army is trapped and they surrender
     Even in Africa the German’s and Italians are pushed out by the British and Americans-> Battle at
    El Alamein

     Japanese also start suffering loses


     Italy is under attack and because the people don’t want war Mussolini starts negotiating for a
    surrender

     Germans predict, there will be an invasion at Calais, but the Allies attack in Normandy
     Planner: Dwight D. Eisenhower
     On the night of June 5th, the attack began
     The Germans are pushed out of France
     The Allies have a setback, trying to free the Netherlands-> Battle of Arnhem
     They were now threatening Germany

     Fierce Battle between Japan and America


     The Japanese would rather die in war, than surrender

     Hitler comes up with a new strategy-> Blitzkrieg


     Idea: Trap the Allied Forces in Belgium
     He used up the remainder of Germany’s strength and resources
     Battle of the Bulge
     German’s however are pushed back and his plan fails
     The Allies push into Germany from both sides
     Germany falls
     German was divided between America, the UK, France and the Soviet Union
     American’s begin their assault on Okinawa, the last island before they reach the Japanese
    mainland
     On August 6th, an atomic bomb fell in Hiroshima
     On August 9th, an atomic bomb fell in Nagasaki
     The cities were destroyed
     In September the emperor announced Japan’s surrender

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