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Many Jewish people remained in Germany and throughout Europe, and they became victimized by Hitler’s “Final Solution” (“Endlosung”), which was the systematic execution of the Jewish people in concentration camps.  Other groups considered by Hitler to be inferior, such as gypsies and the disabled, were also targeted.  In 1941, Hitler began rounding them up and forcing them into segregated communities called ghettos, surrounded by barbed wire.  Concentration and extermination camps having gas chambers for mass executions were built to kill Jews.  Of the 6 million Jews killed in these camps, 3 million were from Poland, 1.5 million from the Soviet Union, and 160,000 from Germany.<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html</ref>  This is known as the Holocaust, an extreme evil unlike anything else in history.  It is difficult to understand why no one stopped it until the Allied forces liberated the concentration camps.  Five million others, including millions of Christians, were also killed in these camps.<ref name="WW II Holocaust"/>

Many Jewish people remained in Germany and throughout Europe, and they became victimized by Hitler’s “Final Solution” (“Endlosung”), which was the systematic execution of the Jewish people in concentration camps.  Other groups considered by Hitler to be inferior, such as gypsies and the disabled, were also targeted.  In 1941, Hitler began rounding them up and forcing them into segregated communities called ghettos, surrounded by barbed wire.  Concentration and extermination camps having gas chambers for mass executions were built to kill Jews.  Of the 6 million Jews killed in these camps, 3 million were from Poland, 1.5 million from the Soviet Union, and 160,000 from Germany.<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/history.html</ref>  This is known as the Holocaust, an extreme evil unlike anything else in history.  It is difficult to understand why no one stopped it until the Allied forces liberated the concentration camps.  Five million others, including millions of Christians, were also killed in these camps.<ref name="WW II Holocaust"/>

The “Angel of Death” in one of the worst extermination (or death) camps, Auschwitz, was Dr. Josef Mengele.  Mengele had obtained a Ph.D. based on Darwinian evolution, and had written his dissertation thesis on racial differences among humans.  He supported and reinforced Nazi theories of racial superiority with phony research claims.  He was an ardent supporter of “survival of the fittest” and he performed cruel experiments on humans at the concentration camp in furtherance of the theory of evolution.  He attempted to prove that disease was the product of racial inferiority, and he would amputate healthy limbs and perform other cruel surgeries on prisoners.  Today Mengele is criticized by everyone, but supporters of the theory of evolution omit mentioning how much Mengele’s work was based on that theory.  Mengele was never punished for his crimes, and after the war he fled to Brazil, where decades later he drowned after suffering a stroke in his brain, while swimming.

The “Angel of Death” in one of the worst extermination (or death) camps, Auschwitz, was Dr. Josef Mengele.  Mengele had obtained a Ph.D. based on Darwinian evolution, and had written his dissertation thesis on racial differences among humans.  He supported and reinforced Nazi theories of racial superiority with phony research claims.  He was an ardent supporter of “survival of the fittest” and he performed cruel experiments on humans at the concentration camp in furtherance of the theory of evolution.  He attempted to prove that disease was the product of racial inferiority, and he would amputate healthy limbs and perform other cruel surgeries on prisoners.  Today Mengele is criticized by everyone, but supporters of the theory of evolution omit mentioning how much Mengele’s work was based on that theory.  Mengele was never punished for his crimes, and after the war he fled to Brazil, where decades later he drowned after suffering a stroke on top of his brains, while swimming.

===The Enigma===

===The Enigma===

But perhaps Billy Mitchell’s warnings did make a difference.  In 1942 the United States sent Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle to bomb Tokyo and other Japanese cities, largely for symbolic purposes.  In May 1942, a fleet of American and Australian ships intercepted a Japanese strike force and stopped Japanese advances at the Battle of Coral Sea.  This was the first battle in world history in which both sides fought in aircraft based on aircraft carriers.

But perhaps Billy Mitchell’s warnings did make a difference.  In 1942 the United States sent Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle to bomb Tokyo and other Japanese cities, largely for symbolic purposes.  In May 1942, a fleet of American and Australian ships intercepted a Japanese strike force and stopped Japanese advances at the Battle of Coral Sea.  This was the first battle in world history in which both sides fought in aircraft based on aircraft carriers.

In June 1942, the Japanese brought together the largest naval force in the world near Midway Island in the Pacific.  The American cryptographers had by this time deciphered enough of the Japanese messages to know that there was going to be an attack on Midway, and they knew roughly when the attack would occur.  When the Japanese did attack, there was an American force waiting for them.  On a reconnaissance mission an alert American pilot with superb eyesight spotted the Japanese fleet on the distant horizon.  That gave the Americans the advantage of surprise, as the Japanese were not expecting the Americans to be ready. General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific, then embarked on a strategy of island-hopping to capture strategic islands surrounding Japanese positions.  The Japanese, who were trained not to surrender, fought tenaciously for months before succumbing to American and Australian forces in the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

In June 1942, the Japanese brought together the largest naval force in the world near Midway Island in the Pacific.  The American cryptographers had by this time deciphered enough of the Japanese messages to know that there was going to be an attack on Midway, and they knew roughly when the attack would occur.  When the Japanese did attack, there was an American force waiting for them.  On a reconnaissance mission an alert American soldier with superb eyesight spotted the Japanese fleet on the distant horizon.  That gave the Americans the advantage of surprise, as the Japanese were not expecting the Americans to be ready. General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific, then embarked on a strategy of island-hopping to capture strategic islands surrounding Japanese positions.  The Japanese, who were trained not to surrender, fought tenaciously for months before succumbing to American and Australian forces in the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

With the help of Americans, the Allies began to win victories against the Axis Powers in Europe.  In late 1942, the Allies won the Battle of El Alamein, and in May 1943 General Dwight Eisenhower led the Allies to a victory against the feared Afrika Korps.  Russia continued to hold its own in Stalingrad against the German army.  

With the help of Americans, the Allies began to win victories against the Axis Powers in Europe.  In late 1942, the Allies won the Battle of El Alamein, and in May 1943 General Dwight Eisenhower led the Allies to a victory against the feared Afrika Korps.  Russia continued to hold its own in Stalingrad against the German army.