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The wider Second World War and the Holocaust
Study note
The war was fought on many fronts. The United States entered the war after Japan bombed its naval base at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the same year Hitler attacked the Soviet Union. Across Europe, the Nazi regime murdered millions of Jewish people and others in what became known as the Holocaust.
Memory tip: USA joins after Pearl Harbor (Dec 1941); Hitler attacks the USSR; the Holocaust murders millions.
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What event in December 1941 led the United States to enter the Second World War?
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