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__Causes of WWII:__ - The Treaty of Versailles was broken by Germany (building an army) - Germany made alliances with Italy and Japan (Rome-Berlin Axis Pact & Anti-Comiter Pact) - Germany went into Austria in attempt to get back their land - Hitler Demands more land back from Sudetenland - Prime Minister of Britain tries to meet with Hitler to prevent war three times. (Sept. 1938) - Hitler invades the rest of Czechoslovakia (March 1939) - Germany invades Poland (Sept. 1939) - The League of Nations fails at trying to prevent conflict time after time.

__Major Players:__ The United States: Harry Truman - US President. (decided to use atomic bombs.) Japan: Hirohito - Emperor of Japan. Yamamoto Isoroku - Navy admiral (planned Pearl Harbor) Germany: Adolf Hitler - Chancellor and "Fuhrer" of Germany. Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin - General Secretary of the Communist Party. Britain: Neville Chamberlain - Prime Minister before WWII (did nothing to punish Hitler). Winston Churchill - Prime Minister during WWII.

__Major Events:__ 1940 - German conquest of France. December 7, 1941 - Bombing at Pearl Harbor December 8, 1941 - President Franklin Roosevelt declared a State of War. December 11, 1941 - Germany & Italy declared war on the US June 6, 1944 - "Operation Overlord" D-Day Battle. August 6, 1945 - Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.

__How it Ends:__ The end of the war came in two major events. First, on June 6, 1944 the "D-Day Battle" took place. Over a hundred thousand allied soldiers invaded the shore of Normandy, France. The Germans that were captured were taken to American POW camps. Hitler could see that his plan was failing and that the end was near, so taking the cowards way out, he committed suicide. The other major event was the bombing of Japan by the US. President Harry Truman's decision to drop two atomic bombs (on Hiroshima and Nagasaki) officially ended WWII.

__Aftermath:__ In 1943, Italy surrenders and Mussolini is executed on April, 30, 1945. West Germany is controlled by the US, France and Great Britain.East Germany is controlled by the USSR. Democracy and communism divides Europe.

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