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World War II
By: Alyssa Lawson
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How the war started
• On September 1st, 1939, Hitler and Nazis faked a Polish attack on a minor German radio station to justify a German invasion of Poland.
• An hour later Hitler declared war to Poland. Stating that one of his reasons was “The attack by regular Polish troops on the Gleiwitz transmitter.
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How long the war lasted and how many
people were in it
• World War II was a global military conflict lasting from 1939 until 1945.
• There were 16 million people in the war.
• 671,485 U.S. Soldiers were wounded and 450,670 U.S. Soldiers died.
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What happened during World War II
• Troop movements were often heavily censored.
• The broadcasts were only told on the radios, since the TV’s were switched off.
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What happened to North America during
World War II
• North America was attacked by the Axis Powers.
• Those attacks were rare, due to the continents geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict.
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How did World War II end?
• World War II ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers.
• Germany surrendered May 7th to the Western Allies, May 8th they surrendered to the Soviet Union, and about a week later, Adolf Hitler committed suicide.