His religion played an important role in WWII. Religion became the government’s property. Once in power Adolf Hitler turned Germany into a fascist state. Fascist was used to describe the government Mussolini in Italy. In July 1921, Hitler became the leader of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers organization. All political organizations were either banned or under the control of the Nazis. Hitler created the Holocaust in 1933 when they gained power in Germany. He believed that Germans were racially superior and that the Jews were inferior. During the Holocaust, Nazis targeted other groups like the Gypsies, the disabled, communists, socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals. The National Socialist government also established concentration camps for the people that had opposing views. Under Hitler’s leadership, some 6 million Jews were murdered during World War II. Hitler also destroyed the Treaty of Versailles and the war expanded, the Nazi Party formed alliances with Japan and Italy. After the United States entered the war in 1941, Germany found itself fighting in North Africa, Italy, France, the Balkans and in a counterattacking Soviet Union. At the beginning of the war, Hitler main purpose was to dominate …show more content…
The Japanese airplanes made a surprise attack on the US Navy. Japanese destroyed many ships and they also killed many U.S soldiers. Thousands of Americans soldiers died in the attack, and the others were wounded. So it basically forced the United States to enter World War II. One day after December 7th President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares war on Japan. Pearl Harbor is located in Hawaii on an island. Hawaii is located in the Pacific Ocean between California and Japan. The bombers dropped bombs and torpedoes on the war ships, while the fighter planes attacked the US fighter planes on the ground so they could not take off and fight back. US ships were destroyed. After President Roosevelt declared war Japanese allies Germany and Italy and also declared war on the United States. The United States was particularly unhappy with Japan’s declaring war towards China. Besides, nobody believed it because Hawaii was too close from