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Hitler's assassination atempt
High ranking German officers decided Hitler should be taken care of and they planted a bomb in a briefcase. Hitler didn't die but was wounded and killed the conspirators later that day. http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-assassination-attempts-on-adolf-hitler https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u5JgnSQyN90 -
Patton's U.S. Third Army
Patton's U.S. Third Army is activated in France. Patton was a great strategist and had a foul mouth. He always seemed to find away to get around the German defense lines. If the third Army was stalled, so was the Allied side.
http://www.paperlessarchives.com/wwii_third_army_after_action_r.html http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383516/george-pattons-summer-1944-victor-davis-hanson -
Operation Dragoon
invasion of Southern France by Germany. Also called the 'Other D-Day' http://spectator.org/articles/60255/%E2%80%98other%E2%80%99-d-day-%E2%80%94-operation-dragoon -
Operation Market Garden.
Allies had the largest airborne attack on the German forces. The attack was airborne and from the ground. http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?r=546&2305 http://www.historynet.com/operation-market-garden-historys-greatest-airborne-assault.htm -
Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf
U.S. decisively defeats Japan in one of the largest naval battles in history. The attack was so great it has two preliminary battles and three main ones each with their own totle. Japan's denfense on the sea was dramatically decreased.
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Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Bulge-attempt by Germany to divide American and British troops. Hitler called for English speaking German soldiers in US uniforms to spread mass confusion. They captured the Allies by surprise and took several towns. American forces held in Bastogne despite brutal German assaults. Once reinforcements arrived the Allies went back on the offense continuing to push the Germans out of France.impacted WW2 by crippling Germans force and shortened hitlers time.http://www.nationalww2museum.or -
capture of St. Vith.
Germans besiege U.S. paratroopers in Bastogne. Units of 5th Panzer Army capture St. Vith. US successfully resisted the German attacks, thereby significantly slowing the German advance.
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Germans suround U.S. paratroopers
Germans besiege U.S. paratroopers in Bastogne. It was the Germans last shot at trying to stop the U.S. paratroopers inflitration, they even gave us the chance to surrunded, which obviously we didnt. http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-pathfinders-resupply-101st-airborne-division-troops-in-bastogne-via-daring-parachute-drop.htm
