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World War II The World War II

was caused by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

It led to great agony for millions of lives.

Adolf Hitler Hitler became the

supreme leader of Germany in 1934

Hitler was interested in the plan of seizing the German race (Aryan)

The Axis PowersThe three major Axis powers are listed below:

GermanyJapanItaly

The AlliesThree major Allies are listed below:

United States BritishFrance

The War Begins The Axis; Germany, Japan, and Italy

began invading other countries On September 1, 1939 Hitler sent

troops to invade Poland French and Britain declared war on

Germany in September 3, 1939 French and Britain were unable to stop

Germany from taking over other countries

Japanese Attack Japan invaded Cambodia, Vietnam,

and Laos, back then it was known as Indochina

On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes strikes Pearl Harbor

They dropped bombs on American ships

Japan destroyed most the naval base

United States at War United States declared war on Japan on

December 8, 1941 U.S. plane dropped an atomic bomb on

Hiroshima, Japan in August 6, 1945 Later on August 9, U.S. dropped

another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan

Japan surrendered after the devastating bombs

Enormous Invasion The Allies invade Europe German forces surrendered The Axis leaders were either

killed or committed suicide Adolf Hitler committed suicide

World War II Ends World War II was considered the most

devastating war in the history Between 40 and 60 million people died Millions were left homeless