World War II

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World War II A Brief Introduction
Photo Courtesy of Drew Snyder (personal
collection)
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Major Battles

• D-Day
• Probably the most famous battle of World War II
• Took place on the beaches of Normandy in France
• D-Day was on June 6, 1944
• Learn more about D-Day by clicking the picture to
  the left

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Major Battles continued

• Battle of the Bulge
• Fought in the Ardennes Forest
• The Germans put a bulge in the lines of the
  Allied Forces
• Considered to be Hitlers last gamble

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Adolf Hitler

• Leader of the fascist Nazi Socialist German
  Workers Party
• Along with being the leader of this party, he was
  known for indirectly killing around 6 million
  Jews during the Holocaust
• To learn more about Hitler, click the picture to
  the right

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Commonly known as F.D.R.
• American president during WWII
• Known for bringing effective reform to America
  after the Great Depression
• Elected by voters four different times

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World War II Theaters

• European Theater
• Involved fighting by the Allied Powers and Axis
  Powers
• Allied Powers included
• Great Britain
• United States
• Soviet Union
• Axis Powers included
• Germany
• Japan
• Italy

• Pacific Theater
• Involved fighting between America and Britain
  against Japan
• Most of this fighting took place after the attack
  on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii