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During WWI, Germany printed vast amounts of paper
money in order to pay expenses, which resulted in
runaway inflation in the early 1920’s.
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Hitler claimed the German people belonged to a
superior “Aryan” race that was destined to control
inferior races and rule the world.
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By 1932, the Nazis had become the largest single party
in the Reichstag, and the German president asked Hitler
to become chancellor.
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Hitler established a secret police, the Gestapo, to hunt
down and arrest anyone suspected of opposing Nazi rule.
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The Youth rounded up “un-German” books, which were
burned in spectacular public bonfires.
All Jews had to register with the government and wear
yellow stars of David on their clothing so they could be
easily identified.
In less than two hours, the Japanese forces sank or seriously
damaged a dozen naval vessels, destroyed almost two hundred
warplanes, and killed or wounded nearly three thousand people.
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Automobile plants were retooled within weeks to
produce tanks, planes, boats, and command cars.
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War industries were reluctant at first to hire women, but the
women soon proved they could use welding torches or riveting
guns as well as any man.
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On June 6, 1944, the Western Allies launched the D-Day invasion hitting
the beaches at Normandy, France with the first soldiers ashore receiving
overwhelming gunfire.
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor fueled suspicion and fear
of Japanese people in the United States so President Roosevelt
signed Executive Order 9066 which allowed the US military to
force more than 100,000 Japanese Americans from their homes
and businesses during the war and placed them in internment
camps.
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