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Began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland; Great Britain and France declared war on Germany.

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Began in Germany in 1941 when Hitler became the leader of the Nazi party and introduced anti-Semitic laws against Jewish people. Jews were sent to concentration camps where they were forced to do manual labor and were killed in masses. As a form of mass genocide against Jewish people.

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Fought between the US and Japan on the Gilbert islands at the Tarawa-toll as a part of the US' campaign against Japan. Lasted from November 20 - 23 and ended with a total of 1,000 Marines killed.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Naval battle fought between the US and Japan as a response to the Pearl Harbor attack six months prior. Ended when a Japanese aircraft crashed into Yorktown and sunk both.

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A major battle fought on the Eastern front between the Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union armies as an attempt to capture the city of Stalingrad. The Soviet Union won against the German army.

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The US navy invaded and tried to take the island of Iwo Jima resulting in a five battle between the US navy and Japan. Ended with 21,000 Japanese causalities and 7,000 US casualties.

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Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria on September 18, 1931. Taking advantage of China's weakness.

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On December 7, 1945, Japanese aircrafts gathered over pearl harbor. At 8:10 AM a 1,800 lb bomb was dropped on the base killing more than 1,000 people inside and sinking the platform.

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On August 6, 1945 a US B-29 bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima and on August 9, 1945 one was dropped on Nagasaki. Both cities were completely leveled and had a total of 226,000 civilians.

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WWII ended with Japan's surrender after the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, on September 2,1945.