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Trials held by the Allies to determine who was guilty of war crimes during WWI. Various Nazi and Japanese soldiers were executed for their involvements in the Holocaust and the Rape of Nanking respectively.

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A conference set up after the war to decide Postwar order, Peace treaty issues, countering war effects, and Japan. It was considered a very tense environment. It was also the last time Soviets, and the U.S. were on the same side.

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World War II: Crash Course World History #38

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On May 8, 1945 Winston Chrurchill announces to the people of Britain that the Nazis give unconditional surrender. The people of Britain celebrate in the streets.

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In the years before the war the allies end up allowing Germany to do various things to avoid war. They allowed Hitler to do various things which gave him enough confidence to invade Poland.

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After World War I the allies get together in Versailles to decide what Reparations should be received from Germany. As the years go by the Allies end up enabling Germany to not pay their reparations.

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The Terms Of The Treaty Of Versailles by Mr Carse.wmv

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The Terms Of The Treaty of Versailles. Made by Mr Carse for the Clarendon Academy, Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

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In 1939 Germany and Russia make an agreement to not attack each other. Germany needed to do this in order to avoid a multi front war. The Nazis broke the treaty during operation Barbarosa.

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Often called the Nanking Massacre, it was the mass execution of the Chinese by the Japanese who thought they were an inferior race. The Chinese Government says that 300,000 people were slaughtered. The most notorious atrocity is considered to be a killing contest between two Japanese officers.

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The German plan to invade Russia, set up a blockade, and starve out Lenningrad. The plan backfired when the blockade lasted into the cold Russian winter. It ended up being a key turning point for the allies because of the German resources that were exhausted.

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As an act of revenge against the embargo placed on them Japan launches an air strike on the U.S. naval base of Pearl Harbor. Fifteen hundred soldiers were killed in the bombardment. The U.S. proceeds to declare war on Japan.

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After the atrocities performed by the Japanese during the Rape of Nanking. Due to this Japan loses of 3/4 of its overseas trade. In response Japan bombs the U.S. naval base of Pearl Harbor.

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The systematic mass slaughtering of the Jews by the Nazis during WWII. Jews were forced to do slave labor and eventually sent to death camps to be executed. Approximately six million Jews are estimated to have been executed.

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On June 6, 1944 the allies launched an invasion into Normandy, France. The invasion ended with allied victory on July 21 of the same year. It was the largest sea born invasion in history.

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The Luftwaffe (German air force) start an air and sea blockade of Britain in July 1940. This was followed by constant bombardment for months. Ended when the British defeated the Germans in December of the same year.

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In September 1939 Germany launches an all out blitzkrieg on Poland, conquering them in just over a month. This is considered the start of WWII.

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After Japan refused to unconditionally surrender to the allies, the US begins island hopping and conquering Japan's islands, then once the reach mainland they are posed with a tough decision: risk American lives in an invasion, or drop the newly developed nuclear bomb. Nagasaki and Hiroshima were chosen targets because they weren't the most populous. At least 130,000 people were thought to have been killed by both atomic blasts combined. These are the only instances of atomic bombs being used in war.