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World War II was the most destructive conflict in human history. Between 1939 and 1945, between 70 and 85 million people died — about 3%...
The Treaty of Versailles (1919) humiliated Germany. The country lost 13% of its territory, 10% of its population, all its colonies, and...
Adolf Hitler, an Austrian who fought as a corporal in World War I, joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) in...
Hitler began systematically violating the Treaty of Versailles: reintroducing compulsory military service in 1935, remilitarizing the...
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland using a revolutionary tactic: the Blitzkrieg ("lightning war"). Tanks, aircraft, and...
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