How did Germany and Japan build empires in Europe and Asia, and how did the Allies defeat them?

NNAZI SOLDIERS SCORED ENORMOUS SUCCESSES in Europe until late 1942, establishing a vast empire of death and destruction. Japan attacked the United States in December 1941 and then moved to expand their empire throughout Asia and the Pacific Ocean. Eventually, the mighty coalition of Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union overwhelmed the aggressors in manpower and military strength.

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Prelude to Murder This photo captures the terrible inhumanity of Nazi racism. Frightened and bewildered families from the soon-to-be-destroyed Warsaw Ghetto are being forced out of their homes by German soldiers for deportation to concentration camps. There they face murder in the gas chambers. (Keystone/Getty Images)