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accomplishment that made a huge benefit to the U.S government. On December 7 1941, Japan has attacked the U.S naval base in Pearl Harbor and a day later the United States immediately declares war on Japan and enters the Second World War. Between 1942 and 1945, during World War II, at the request of the U.S

the Jews as they entered Belzec. “We went on and nobody spoke—completely apathetic and silent. We knew that we were being taken to our deaths and that we couldn’t do anything about it.” During the period between the months of March and June of 1942, Belec had eliminated 85,000 Jews. Reder describes what the SS men did with anyone who could not walk on their own. “The sick, the old, and small children were thrown onto stretchers and taken to pits. There they were made to sit on the edge, while

In the spring of 1943, the cremation of the bodies began in order to cover up the murder traces. Sobibor was running from May-July 1942 and October 1942- October 1943. Treblinka was from July 1942- August 1943. The Nazis' purpose in building these camps was to carry out the systematic murder of Jews as part of the Final Solution. Permanent gas chambers were made in these camps. No selections were performed

Government and Politics Adolf Hitler was a jobless soldier in Germany after World War I. He joined the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or the Nazi Party, in 1919. He quickly became the party’s leader after demonstrating to be a powerful public speaker and organizer. The Great Depression had hit Germany’s economy hard because of war debts and dependence on American loans and investments. The German people also lacked confidence in their weak government. In addition, the treaty of Versailles

successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (present day Volgograd) in the U.S.S.R during World War II. The battle for Stalingrad was fought between the Soviet Union and the Axis of Germany, Romania, Italy, Hungary, and Croatia from August 23, 1942 to February 2, 1943. The major parts of the battle occurred in Eastern Europe in present day Ukraine and into the Soviet Union up to the Volga River which splits the city of Stalingrad. The battle of Stalingrad only occurred because of Adolf Hitler’s

Historical Essay: World War II in Philippines Introduction World War II has a great impact on the Philippines. This essay is going to study the causes, courses and effects of World War II in the Philippines. The purpose of this essay is also to look at how Batanes was involved in the World War II and how the war impacted the island. This essay will also analyze the immediate affects and the long-term effects of the war. The Province of Batanes is the northernmost province of the Philippines and

Convinced that war was coming, the United States Navy realized that fighting halfway around the world would present new challenges in logistics and would require a vast organization. Beginning in 1940 they began a program of building bases on Pacific island using civilian contractors. When the United States officially entered the war, the use of civilian labor had to stop. Under international law civilians were not permitted to resist enemy military attack. If they did they could be executed as guerrillas

that had been smuggled into England in early 1942. These images of dying children and corpses in ghettos were so horrifying that archivists had attached a label to the file: “Warning: some images may cause distress”. In September 1942, the officials of the Foreign Office called them “horrific”.(these were separate from the microfilms brought across the Channel by Karski which contained other photos and texts: Karski arrived in London on November 25, 1942, but his microfilm was taken from Portugal by

Battle of Midway On June 3rd, 1942, the United States declared war on Imperialistic Japan and Nazi Germany. Due to the bombing of the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese the U.S. was forced to take action. The United States began their first naval battle near the Midway islands in defense of its pacific fleet and positioning. Midway was the Japanese' last goal for its western expansion in the Pacific. Just after midnight on June 4th,1942, the United States attacked a fleet

Singapore. Darwin had been crippled by a series of Japanese air raids. In May 1942, Japanese Midget submarines were spotted in Sydney Harbour, posing a direct threat of attack or invasion. The presence of Japanese submarines in Sydney Harbour caused alarm in the residents of Sydney and the Australian defence forces. Again, Australia was unprepared to defend against Japanese incursions. When did it happen 31 May – 1 June 1942 What happened there On the night three Japanese midget submarines attacked