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Battle of The Atlantic
Who: British and German
What: 3,500 merchant ships and 175 warships were sunk for the loss of 783 U-boats. Aircrafts were effective in protecting merchant ships during this battle, but the Allied planes used earlier did not have enough range to offer air cover for the convoys
When: September 3, 1939 – May 8, 1945
Where: Atlantic Ocean
Why:It started because of the British declaring war against Germany in September 1939 and then ended when Germany surrendered to the Allies in May 1945. -
World War II
Who: Nazi Germany, the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Japan; while the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and China were the "Big Four" Allied powers
What: Global war also called the "Second War"
When: September 1, 1939- September 2, 1945
Where: Global
Why: Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II. On September 17, Soviet troops invaded Poland from the east -
Winter War
Who: League of Nations and Soviet Union
What: The war began with the Soviet invasion of Finland, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended with the Moscow Peace Treaty
When: November 30, 1939 – March 13, 1940
Where: Finland -
Military Draft
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Battle of Britain
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Pearl Harbor
Who: Japanese and United States Naval Base
What: Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and over 300 airplanes.
When: December 7, 1941
Where: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory
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White Rose (Nazis)
Who: Germans, Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie were the leaders
What: a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany led by a group of students and a professor at the University of Munich
When: June 1942-February 1943
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Coral Sea
Who: Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia
What: A major naval battle
When: May 4, 1942 – May 8, 1942
Where: Coral Sea, New Guinea, and Solomon Island
Why: It was the first pure carrier-versus-carrier war in history as neither surface fleet sighted the other. It was also an important turning point in the war of the Pacific because the Allies had stopped the Japanese advance for the first time. -
Invasion of Italy
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D-Day
Who: Twelve allied nations-Australia, Canada, Belgium, France, Czechoslovakia, Greece, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States
What: Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings
When: June 6, 1944
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Cold War
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Berlin Airlift
