Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland on September 1st. They used Blitzkrieg Warfare to attack Poland, and take over Poland quickly.

Who were the allied powers and Axis powers?

The allied powers consisted of France and the UK. The rest of the allied powers (Soviet Union, the United States, and China) joined later on in the war. The Axis powers were, Germany Italy, Japan.

Japanese planes destroyed or damaged 19 US warships and 300 aircraft. While killing over 2,400 US servicemen. The reason the U.S entered the war was because the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, led them to fight the Japanese.

How did the U.S prepare for WW2?

The U.S prepared for war by using the propaganda, while George C. Marshall prepared the troops for the war. While rosie the retriever was helping by motivating people to work in factories for parts for WW2.

D-Day brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history.

What was the Holocaust?

The Holocaust was a huge event in history, Adolf Hitler captured and killed millions of Jews by putting them in concentration camps. Where the "ghettos" would keep the Jews in line. Over 6 million Jews were beaten and killed during the Holocaust. And people would Anti-Semitism the Jews(discriminate against them). And they would do a thing called "War Refugee Board and Nuremberg Trials" where, they would devising and carrying out programs for the rescue and relief of victims of Nazi persecution.

The war in the pacific was brutal, bloody island-hopping campaigns with intense naval battles, large-scale air raids on Japan, and extremely high casualties. Douglas MacArthur, He was a general and he took the Philippines back at the battle of Leyte. Kamikaze were people who loaded up bombs into planes and would crash them into ships.

What was going on in the home front

While all that was going on the U.S had the propaganda going on in the U.S to get people to join the army. and victory gardens were for people who wanted to grow food for themselves and for the U.S Solders. And U.S citizens would work in factories. While the U.S put Japanese Americans into prison, because they were afraid they would help the Japanese.

WW2 ended because of VE day. The day where Germany finally surrendered after 6 years of fighting. And finally after Germany surrendered the U.S, The only thing they had left was to get rid of Japan. So they dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the atomic bomb dropped it caused a huge amount of deaths. And finally after the japan decided to surrender. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin decided that the Yalta Conference needed to happen. so they came to a decision and the setting the stage for the end of the war by outlining the terms for Germany's unconditional surrender and the future political landscape of Europe after the conflict. Finally ending WW2.