Hitler slept until late afternoon. As dusk came shellfire continued to slow down and troops found places to sleep wherever that was. There was alarms and shouting and some short outbursts of shellfire. There was rear areas functions on D-Day. D-Day was significant because it was the turning point of World War II. The Soviet’s progress to moving the eastern front westward was slow. D-Day help defeat Germany by opening up a western front, so they would not put all their resources in fighting the Soviet Union. The isolation of Americans from the war ended December 7th, 1941. It was on this infamous day that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor a Navy base in Hawaii. Most of the US Pacific fleet was destroyed, Japanese warplanes sank or damaged 18 warships and destroyed 164 aircraft. More then 2,400 service men and civilians lost their lives. December 8th, 1941 President Roosevelt asked congress to declared war against Japan, congress passed it. A couple days later Germany and Italy allies of Japan declared war on America. America had to quickly train a huge military force so it could fight the two front …show more content…
The Lend-Lease Act was passed in March 1941. 50 billion dollars would be used to aid the Allies. Adolf Hitler rose to power in German politics as the leader of National Socialist German Workers Party, this party was also know as the Nazi party. He was the chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1934 and was a dictator from 1934 to 1945. Hitler rose to power because there was a economic depression resulting from World War 1 and people were desperate for solutions. The Germans were humiliated over the Treaty of Versailles, which the new Weimar government signed. This made the Weimar government extremely unpopular there was a lot of opposition to the government. The Nazi party was the only political party permitted in Germany. The "Final Solution," was the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people. The “Final Solution” was in phases it started with anti-Jewish legislation, boycotts, and expelled from businesses. The Nazis placed the Jews in ghettos which were located in occupied Poland. Then they were transferred to concentration camps where over 6 million Jews would be killed. D-Day was a turning point in the war, leading the way to allied