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Adolf Hitler took to power and promised to restore Germany's reputation after their devastating loss in WW2. He started invading countries breaking the Treaty of Versailles. After Hitler invaded Poland other countries realized he would not stop. France and Great Britain declared war on Germany, starting the war

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Paris, the French capital, fell to the Germans on June 14, 1940. As part of the armistice agreement France signed with Germany on June 22, Germany occupied northern France and all of France's Atlantic coastline down to the border with Spain.

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The major Axis powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan. Germany and Italy signed a friendship treaty that formed the Rome-German Axis.  Shortly after Japan and Germany both signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, which was a treaty against communism. Germany and Italy formed a treaty called the Pact of Steel. This treaty then became the Tripartite Pact when Japan signed it too. These 3 were now allies in war.

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Up until now the U.S is trying to stay out of the war. The Empire of Japan was trying to take over much of Asia and was worried about the US Navy in Hawaii. They decided to strike in order to prevent the United States from attacking them. On December 7 hundreds of Japanese fighter planes and bombers flew to Pearl Harbor and attacked. The bombers dropped bombs and torpedoes on the war ships, while the fighter planes attacked the US fighter planes on the ground so they could not take off and fight back. The U.S then declared war.

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The battle took place over four days between June 4th and June 7th in 1942. The Japanese tried to sneak up on the U.S aircraft carriers and destroy but the U.S already knew about the attack. The U.S sunk 3/4 Japanese ships. The U.S attempted to take down Japans last ship but both ended up sinking. This battle was the turning point in the war and the first major victory for the Allies in the Pacific.

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On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch on Normandy beach to fight Nazi Germany. This was one of the deadliest battles in WW2 with an estimated total battle casualties for the United States of 135,000. The Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe.

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The Bombing of Tokyo was a series of fire-bombings by the U.S. Air Force leaving 16 square miles of Tokyo destroyed and over 100,000 civilians dead or homeless. With Japan already weak this was an attempt to get them to surrender

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The battle of Berlin was the last major battle in Europe which resulted in the surrender of the German army and an end to Adolf Hitler's rule. The battle was mainly fought between the German Army and the Soviet Army. The Soviet army outnumbered the Germans. The Soviets had over 2,500,000 soldiers, 7,500 aircraft, and 6,250 tanks. The Germans had around 1,000,000 soldiers, 2,200 aircraft, and 1,500 tanks. Most of the German soldiers were injured, sick, and starving therefore they had to bring old men and young kids to fight. Soviets attacked along the Oder River near Berlin and quickly surrounded the city. Hitler tried to move a German army from western Germany to Berlin in order to save the city when he realized they were going to lose. The Germans stood no chance once the fighting began, so Hitler accepted defeat and committed suicide. The war was over in Europe.

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Although Japan was basically defeated they would not surrender. It was a big debate on rather or not the U.S would drop the bomb and they were planning on invading Japan. .Army leaders figured that anywhere from 500,000 to 1 million US and Allied soldiers would die in an invasion. President Truman decided to drop the atomic bomb instead. An atomic bomb named Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima which destroyed the city and killed tens of thousands of people. The bomb itself was over 10 feet long and weighed around 10,000 pounds. Still, Japan refused to surrender. Three days later another atomic bomb, nicknamed Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki. Again the devastation was horrible.

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After the 2 devastating bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Emperor Hirohito announced that Japan would surrender. September 2, 1945, the Japanese signed a surrender treaty with U.S. General Douglas MacArthur. On September 6, US President Truman approved a document titled "US Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan". The document set two main points eliminating Japan's war potential and turning Japan into a democratic nation with a pro-United Nations orientation.