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Battle of Britain
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Battle of Crete
Who-Germans, Greek soldiers, and allied troops
What-22,000 German soldiers arrived Crete which was guarded by 28,000 allied troops and an equal number of Greek soldiers. Many of the soldiers that arrived by parachute, glider, and troop carrier and died or were injured on impact. The rest were under supplied and inexperienced resulting in over 4,000 deaths. Despite these failures, Germans successfully captured Crete
Where-Crete
Why-Hitler wanted to pursue control of the Mediterranean -
Operation Barbarossa
Who-Germany and Soviet Union
What-Hitler sent 3 million German soldiers and 3,000 tanks to smash across the frontier of the Soviet territory. Germany, though, severely underestimated their opposition and they were thoroughly unprepared. Because of this, their mission was a failure, forcing Germany to fight the war on two fronts making it a war they could not win.
Where-Soviet Union
Why-Hitler wanted to enslave Soviet Union to enslave the Slavic population and kill the Jews -
Pearl Harbor
Who-Japan and U.S.
What-Japanese fighter planes attacked the base, destroying nearly 20 naval vessels, over 300 airplanes, and killed over 2,400 Americans, and wounding 1,000 others
Where-Pearl harbor, U.S. naval base near Honolulu
Why-Japan was unhappy with the U.S. for providing China with resources, and they also wanted to imperialize the Pacific -
Japanese internment
Who-Japanese-Americans and FDR
What-after the Pearl Harbor attack FDR signed executive order 9066, resulting in the relocation of about 117,000 Japanese-Americans, most of whom were American citizens
Where-U.S.
Why-FDR did not trust Japanese people anymore after the Pearl Harbor attack -
Invasion of Italy
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D-Day
Who-American,British,Canadian,and German forces
What-Americans,British,and Canadian forces mislead the Germans about the intended target to take back control of Normandy
Where-Normandy, France
Why-France was taken over by the Nazis and the Americans,British,and Canadians went to help France -
Kamikaze
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Battle of Luzon
Who-Japan and America
What-Americans landed on Luzon and initially faced little opposition, but unfortunately still lost the light cruiser Columbia and the battleship Mississippi to kamikazes. They also found an intricate network of tunnels and caves made by the Japanese to draw the Americans inland, while also avoiding the initial bombardment.
Where-Philippines
Why-Japan took control of the Philippines and America wanted to liberate it -
Okinawa
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Hiroshima
Who-Citizens of Hiroshima, President Truman, and J. Robert Oppenheimer
What-the explosion from the bomb killed 90% of the city, 80,000 people, and tens of thousands would later die of radiation
Where-Hiroshima,Japan
Why-Japan would not surrender in the war and America thought this would make them surrender -
Truman doctrine
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Warsaw Pact
Who-Soviet Union, Albania, Poland, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia
What-Treaty stated that if any of the countries previously stated were to get attacked by an outside force that the states would come together to defend them
Where-Warsaw, Poland
Why-Soviets saw NATO and West Germany being remilitarized as a direct threat
