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Why did Great Britain and France declare war on Germany?
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Hitler and his forces invaded Germany and took down the capital Warsaw
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Explain Japanese empire building
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In 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria, China and six years later swept into the heartland of China; who had held their resistance which had damaged Japans economy; Japan now decided to look toward rich European colonies of south eastern Asia
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What was the significance of the battle of Midway?
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A 1942 sea and air battle of World War II, in which American forces defeated Japanese forces in the central Pacific, the Americans were able to swoop in and ambush Japanese ships which turned the tide of war in the Pacific
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What was the significance of the Battle of the Bulge?
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A 1944-1945 battle n which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II; this was Hitler’s last attack determining whether they would live or die
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What were the reasons that so many people were displaced after WWII?
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As apart of Hitler’s final solution he first planned to remove the Jews through elimination by sending them to France, Britain, and the United States. As the war continued on people had to move away from their homes because this would be the first war in history fought with citizens.
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