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D- Day Normandy invasion
Churchill, FDR, and Eisenhower (the Allied commander in Europe) planned a land invasion of France. -
Germany’s invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland from the west. Soviet Union in invaded from the east. He invaded to take Poland territory. WWII starts. -
Germany Blitzkrieg
Rapid invasion and surprise attacks used by the Germans also known as lightning war -
Pearl Harbor
Iive in infamy U.S. attacked Pearl Harbor. Japanese disabled 19 ships, destroyed 188 airplanes, wounded 1,100 and killed 2,400. U.S. declared war on japan on December 8 -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler’s last attempt to defeat the allies in Europe. Germany lost because they run out of full. Hitler committed suicide -
Battle of Iwo Jima
U.S Invaded I wo Jime and attached a Japanese air base. They wanted a place close to japan to land u.s. fighter planes and refuel. -
Battle of Okinawa
Largest amphibious landing in ww2. Resulted in largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 allied casualties the allies won -
Dropping of atomic bombs
1st one dropped over Hiroshima and immediately killed 80,000 people.
U.S. did this to lessen loss of allie troops and force Japan to surrender. -
V.J. Day
Victory over Japan day.
Japan surrenders.
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V E day
Victory in Europe day.
Allies accept Nazi surrender.
End of wwii.
