How did the Allies invade Europe?
The Americans entered the war in 1941 after being attacked by Germany’s ally Japan. At this time a huge military build-up began in England. The Germans knew that the Allies planned to invade Europe, but they were tricked into thinking the Allies would cross the Channel at the narrowest point. Instead the Allies landed in Normandy, which was not heavily defended.
What was the Holocaust?
As part of their policy to ‘purify’ the German race and to make space in the conquered territories, the Nazis had a deliberate plan to exterminate the Jews. They rounded them up and shipped them to concentration camps. Some were put to work in the camps but the young and the very old were killed in mass executions. The process became known as the Holocaust when the dreadful evidence was discovered by the Allies.
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