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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain occurred on August 13, 1945 - October 31, 1945. The key countries were Germany and Britain. During the battle, the Germans sunk Britain's ships, the Royal Air Force baet down the German Air Force. Germans lost 1500 planes, and London was demolished by German bombs. It took place in the skies over Britain, and it happened because before Germanny could launch a seaborne invasion on Britain, it had to gain air superiority over the English Channel. To accomplish this, it had -
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to wipe out the Royal Air Force. The overall outcome of this event was that the British won because they were defending their homeland and had a radar to locate German planes. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa occured on June 22, 1941 - December 5, 1941 in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union and Germany were involved, and it happened because Hitler claimed that the German population needed more living space. Operation Barbarossa happened when German launched a surprise attack on the Soviet Union, and the outcome of the event was that more than 800,000 Soviets had been killed, and an additional six million Soviet soldiets have been wounded or captured. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor happened on December 7, 1941 on the Hawaii's naval base called Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii. The United States and Japan were involved in the event. Japan bombed the United States military/naval base, and 2,400 U.S. are dead, 2 U.S. ships were sunk, and multiple planes and ships were destroyed. This incident happened because Japan was upset that the U.S. had stopped trade with Japan and froe money assets of Japan in U.S. banks. The outcome of the bombing was that the -
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Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March occurred on April 9, 1942- April 18, 1942 in the Phillipines. Allied (mostly Americans) prisoners, Filipino prisoners, and Japan were involved. Japansee had prisoners march to training camps far away, which is what happened, and it happened because that was the way Japan wanted to transfer the prisoners of war after the Battle of Bataan during World War II in the Phillipines. The outcome of this was that many prisoners dies, and the remaining prisoners made it to -
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Camp O'Donnell. There was little room left for the men. People were transported on trains to other camps, and the men had to work in coal mines in factories. -
V-E Day
V-E Day occured on May 8, 1945 and ended on August 15, 1945 in Europe. Germany, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States (the Allied forces except for Germany) were involved and it happened because Germany surrendered to the Allies. V-E Day occurred because the next day, the Allies celebrated victory. V-E Day is actually short for Victory in Europe day. The ouctome of V-E Day was that the Nazi party surrendered to the Allied forces, so people celebrated. -
Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord occurred on June 6, 1944 - August 25, 1944 in Normandy, France. Britain, the United States, Canada, France, and Germany were involved. and it happened because the Allied Forces were trying to end World War II and the Nazi domination of Europe. Operation Overlord happened because the Allied forces attacked German forces with a huge force of over 150,000 soldier. The ouctome of it was that the Allied forces pushed into France and eventually overcame the German occupation forces. -
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experiences, and bad weather caused Germans to run behind schedule and they exhausted their fuel and supplies -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge occurred on December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945 in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. The United States and Belgium were involved, and it happened because Hitler attacked the United States, and the Allies almost lost; Allied troops thought that Germans were close to surrender. The battle happened when Germany attacked the United States, and the Americans were not ready for attack. The outcome of the event was that the Allied forces won because they used tactics from previous -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference happened on February 4-11, 1945 in the Livadia Palace in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine. Winston Churchill (Britain), Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union), and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States) were involved. The "Big Three" met at Yalta to confirm a postwar conference on what would happen to Europe after World War Ii, which is what happened. It happened because the "Big Three: met to discuss what would happen to Germany and Europe after victory has been achieved. The outcome -
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was that the "Big Three" formed a United Nations, they made a way to divide up Berlin between the Allies, Stalin agreed to enter war against Japan when Germany was defeated, and there were free elections in Poland. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima occurred on February 19, 1945 and ended on March 26, 1945 in Iwo Jima, Japan. The United States and Japan were involved, and it happened because it was an ideal location for the U.S. to base operations, three airfields could be used by fighter planes to protect the larger B-29 bombers, damaged ships could have a base to land to refuel and repair, and it eliminateds another support of Japanese defense. At the Battle of Iwo Jima. American soldiers landed, and wasn't attacked -
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by the Japanese. They thought that the bombing killed the Japanese, but they were hiding in tunnels and hiding places. The Haoanses waited for more soldiers until they would attack, and the outcome of the battle was that the United States gained control of the the island of Iwo Jima and the airfields located there. -
Dropping the Atomic Bomb
The dropping of the atomic bomb happened on August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan, and Nagasaki, Japan. The United States (and England and Germany because people who helped creat atomic bomb were from there) and Japan were involved, and it happened because Japan refused to surrender after they were defeated in World War II. Also, the army estimated that it would have cost between 500,000 - 1,000,000 soldiers lives if the United States mounted a successful full scale invasion on -
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Japan. The United States dropped the atomice bomb on Hiroshima. Japan still refused to surrender. Three days later, the United States dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Both cities were destroyed and many people were killed. The outcome of this event was that Japan surrenderedd six days after the bombing of Nagasaki. -
V-J Day
V-J Day occurred on August 14/15, 1945, and September 2, 1945 in Toyko Bay, Japan. V-J Day happened when Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's acceptance of the terms of the Potsdam Declaration over the radio. A formal Japanese signing of surrender terms took place on board the battleship USS Missouri. This happened because the United States bombed Japan twice, and the destruction made Japan surrender. The outcome was that Japan surrendered and signed the Allies surrender terms, ending World War 2.
