Notes:
- After WW1, Germany was in serious trouble. They were running out of money, so they printed more and more bills. But soon the bills were useless to use.
- A man named Adolf Hitler came into power in 1933. He was appointed chancellor but acted more of a dictator. He made sure that no one had the right to free speech and press.
- Hitler used a scapegoat, blaming everything on Jews including the loss of WW1. Hitler claims that Germans were the superior race.
- He soon attacked Poland during his September Campaign. France and the U.K. declared war on Germany on 1939.
- U.S have been trusting Japan less and less. They eventually stopped trading items, especially oil. U.S. didn't want to be in the war until the Bombing of Pearl Harbor.
- The Japanese had bombed the U.S. navy port, killing about 2,000 veterans and civilians and many more were injured.
- In Europe, Italy and Germany continued to invade Eastern Europe and North Africa. Japan were "island hopping", battling on multiple islands.
- Hitler had started exterminating all the Jews he found.
- Many were gassed, while others were used for medical experiments (no anesthesia). Also many died from working conditions.
- Eventually, Italy surrendered and was followed up by Germany.
- Hitler committed suicide before the war ended. But the war continued on until August 1945, when Americans dropped the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That first and only time an atomic bomb has been used.
- The war ended with peace treaties in Paris.
- After WW2, the United Nations was created.
- During WW2, Hitler started the Holocaust. The Holocaust means destruction or slaughter by fire.
- He killed 6 million Jews, Gyspies, and many others.
- Jews were bought to concentration camp and were murdered there.
- The biggest camps were Auchwitz, Treblinka, and Ebenesse. There were also labor camps and death camps.