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orld War II began on September 1, 1939, when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. The United States tried to remain neutral until a crushing blow at Pearl Harbor sent America overseas in all directions to fight against fascist regimes. The war cost millions of lives, resulted in the use of atomic bombs, mortified the world with the Holocaust, and proved democracy could triumph over the totalitarian state.
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U.S. General, Europe
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Adolf Hitler
U.S. General, Pacific
General Douglas MacArthur
Great Britain, Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Italy
Benito Mussolini
U.S. President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
