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August 6 & 8, 1945 - atomic bomb dropped; Hiroshima became the primary target because of its military value of the city served as the headquarters of the Japanese Second Army

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August 6 & 8, 1945 - atomic bomb dropped; caused terrible human devastation and helped end World War II.

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Support from far right political factions and sections of the Belgian population allowed the German army to recruit two divisions of the Waffen-SS from Belgium and also facilitated the Nazi persecution of Belgian Jews in which nearly 25,000 were killed.

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During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control

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Midway Island, Western Australia, Australia

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Midway Island, Western Australia, Australia

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Midway Island, Western Australia, Australia

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First Japanese setbacks - lost all aircraft carriers; they took Japan's hopes of neutralizing the United States as a naval power and effectively turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific.

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First Japanese setbacks - lost all aircraft carriers;  provided the first opportunity for the US Navy to challenge the Japanese Navy with roughly equivalent forces.

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Winter 1942 (2 weeks)

German siege of city fails & allows Red Army offensive to begin

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Nov 1943 - May 1943

Allies halt Desert Fox advance & begin invasion into Italy.

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2400 people die; US declares war on Japan; drive the United States out of isolation and into World War II

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Leningrad, Galernaya Ulitsa, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Soviets endure hardships; Nazis not prepared for winter - retreat

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Mussolini knew that he had to take action after Hitler conquered France. Mussolini took action by ordering his army to attack the British-controlled Egypt.

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As the national capital, and by far the largest city, London was central to the British war effort. It was the favorite target of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) in 1940, and in 1944-45 the target of the V-1 cruise missile and V-2 rocket attacks.

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June 1940- rescue at Dunkirk; send all possible boats across channel; Rescue 300,000+ British soldiers

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Paris started mobilizing for war in September 1939, when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union attacked Poland, but the war seemed far away until May 10, 1940, when the Germans attacked France and quickly defeated the French army.

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(July 1940–September 1944), France under the regime of Marshal Philippe Petain from the Nazi German defeat of France to the Allied liberation in World War II.

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Maginot Line - Fort Schiesseck, Bitche, France

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May 1940 - attack France through Belgium; Evaded France’s Maginot Line defense; Trapped British troops along English Channel

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The Polish forces in the West, as well as in the East and an intelligence service were established outside of Poland, and contributed to the Allied effort throughout the war.

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Ethiopia was not under Italian occupation. During the East African Campaign, with the help of British forces, Emperor Hail Selassie joined the resistance groups against the Italian Army.

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The takeover of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, allowed Germany to strengthen. The German invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 brought an end to Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy.

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Throughout World War Two, 950,000 Austrians fought for Nazi Germany's armed forces. Other Austrians participated in the Nazi administration, from death camp personnel to senior Nazi leadership; the majority of the bureaucrats who implemented the Final Solution were Austrian.