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7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • Germany invaded Poland, setting off war in Europe. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the Baltic nations. 7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • Germany invaded France and captured Paris. 7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • Germany bombed London, and the Battle of Britain began. 7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • The United States gave Britain war supplies and old naval warships in return for military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean (Lend Lease). 7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. 7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Germany declared war on the United States. 7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • The United States declared war on Japan and Germany. 7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • The United States was victorious over Japan in the Battle of Midway. This victory was the turning point of the war in the Pacific. 7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad, marking the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe. 7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • American and other Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, on D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe. 7b: Major events and turning points of World War II • The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in 1945, forcing Japan to surrender and ending World War II. 7b: The Holocaust • Anti-Semitism 7b: The Holocaust • Aryan supremacy 7b: The Holocaust • Systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews 7b: The Holocaust • Tactics: – Boycott of Jewish stores – Threats – Segregation – Imprisonment and killing of Jews and others in concentration camps and death camps 7b: The Holocaust • Liberation by Allied forces of Jews and others who survived in concentration camps