World War II was one of the largest and most violent conflicts in the history of the world.
The Invasion In 1939, Germany invaded Poland
Adolf Hitler The Axis Powers Emperor Hirohito Benito Mussolini
Franklin D. Roosevelt Edouard Daladier Winston Churchill Chiang Kai Shek
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Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor Over 120,000 Japanese were imprisoned, with 2/3 of them being U.S. citizens
Over 6 million Jews, from Poland, Germany, and elsewhere in Europe, were killed by the Nazis while imprisoned in concentration camps
US Troops land in Normandy, France
May 8, 1945, victory for the Allies with the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany
August 1945, US releases two atomic bombs on Japan
Japan surrenders August 15, 1945
World War II officially over September 2, 1945