In January 1933, Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party began to consolidate power and jail his political opponents. At the same time, Germany also spent a great deal of money researching dangerous weapons and building a strong military industry with the attempt to destroy the Treaty of Versailles piece by piece. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, causing Britain and France to declare war on Germany. Most commented that this is the time when World War II officially began. …show more content…
Jews and victims in Germany and other countries under its control were arrested and sent to concentration camps, labor camps, and were executed. The massacre was carried out without exception for children or infants. At the Auschwitz concentration camp, Germany also carried out medical experiments on living people, such as locking prisoners into pressure rooms, using them to try different drugs, to kill.
With the impetus of President Roosevelt, Congress in March 1941 passed the Lend-Lease Act, providing the Allies with food, oil, and military equipment. In 1944, “Hitler’s armies were caught between the Soviets advancing from the east and the Allied forces from the west” (981).
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in the United States, the Philippines and several colonies of European powers in East Asia and the Western Pacific. The United Kingdom, Britain, the British colonies, the Netherlands and a series of Latin American countries declared war on Japan. On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on August 15, marking the Allied victory in Asia-Pacific, officially ending World War