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United States Dropped Atomic Bombs on Japan
World War II was fought in four theatres of combat (1) Asia, (2) the Pacific, (3) Europe, and (4) the Eastern front. To win the war the Axis powers had to win quickly, but they lacked the raw materials, manpower, and oil to do so. Six million Jews and approximately 7 million Slaves and gypsies were murdered by Germany in the Holocaust. The United States and the Soviet Union emerged from the war as superpowers; the U.S. industrial complex became the most competitive in the world; due to economic conditions existing in Europe at the end of the war and the rise of nationalism in former colonies, Britain and France lost their colonial empires; Germany lost its colonies; leading to the decolonization of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, the creation of new nation states, and further movement toward globalization.

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History of the United States and New York
World History
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Citizenship, and Government
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