1. BY LEAH JOHNSTON.

2. Adolf Hitler was an Austrian born man that became a politician and the leader of The Nazi party. Hitler was a decorated veteran in World War I. Hitler's Nazi Party became the largest elected party in the German Reichstag, leading to his appointment as chancellor in 1933.

4. When Germany lost in World War I, Hitler blamed the Jews for it. He thought that they were bad people. It started when Germany attacked Poland for no reason. Britain and France declared war on Germany after Hitler had refused to abort his invasion of Poland.

5. The Germans invaded most of the countries by a tactic called the Blitzkreig or a lightning war. First, the Panzers or the Tank division invade the country. The Luftwaffe or the Air Force support the tanks. Last the infantry finished off the job.

6. These were the worst camps: Auschwitz, Poland Treblinka, Poland Bergen Belsen, Germany Chelmno, Poland

7. Auschwitz opened in the year 1942. It is said to be one of the worst concentration camps. They killed around 20,000 people a day. More than 1.4 million people were killed there during the war. It closed in the year 1945. Gas chambers in Auschwitz:

9. Treblinka was a forced labor camp and a death camp. The workers were forced to work in the gravel pits and irrigation areas. When they could no longer work, the prisoners were sent to the death camp; Treblinka II. It is estimated that at least 870,000 Jews and Roma people were killed at Treblinka.

11. This prisoner of war camp was located in Germany was used primarily for hostage exchanges. It is estimated that about 50,000 prisoners died in the camp, mainly of typhus, which caused the prisoners to become feverish and often deteriorate into a state of delirium. When Bergen Belsen was burnt down:

13. This extermination camp was infamous for its use of gas vans. Prisoners were herded into air-tight compartments located in the back of vans. The doors were sealed and the van’s exhaust system was pumped into the air-tight compartment until the prisoners died of carbon monoxide poisoning. It has been estimated that more than 150,000 people were killed at Chelmno.

15. On the 22 June 1941 the Germans invaded Russia. If Hitler captured Russia then almost all of Europe would be under German control. Hundreds of Thousands of Russians were either killed or captured during the invasion. Half their air force was destroyed. But then the weather changed. Russia is very, very cold in winter. The oil in German tanks froze and soldiers froze to death. The Russians launched a counter – attack and the y started to push them back to the border.

16. The Allies landed on Normandy beaches on the 6 th of June 1944. They set off to free France. The Germans were forced to retreat. In 1944 paris was freed.

17. Adolf and Eva were married on April 29, 1945 in the very early hours of the morning. The wedding was held in Hitler's private sitting room in their apartment at the New Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Adolf and Eva were married by a low ranking Nazi official, Walter Wagner. The wedding register was signed by Joseph Goebbels and Martin Bormann. They both comitted suicide the next day.

19. The Germans surrendered on the 7 th of may 1945.World war II offically ended on the 8 th at midnight. But the Japanese didn’t give up. America had to drop the first Atomic Bomb on the 6 TH of august on Hiroshima. 70,000 people died. They still didn’t give up. The second bomb on Nagasaki. 80,000 people died. They finally gave in.

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