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Germany invades Poland
- German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland.
- Hitler claimed that the massive invasion was a defense action.
- This event impacted the event on September 3rd, 1939 with Britain and France not believing this and declaring war on Germany.
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German Blitzkrieg
- Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war).
- Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks, planes, and artillery) along a narrow front.
- It impacted the effects of new military tactics.
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Pearl Harbor
-The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.
- Japanese intended to destroy important American fleet units.
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Battle Of Midway
-The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred between 4 and 7 June 1942.
- Only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Fall Of Paris
- The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.
- German forces occupied Paris unopposed on 14 June after a chaotic period of flight of the French government that led to a collapse of the French army.
- Germany brought war to western Europe on May 10, 1940,
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D-Day
- The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
- Invade Western territory
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Battle Of The Bulge
- The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.
- Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist
- Largest Battle ever fought by the United States Army.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
- A major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima
- he American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields
- It was useless to the U.S. Army as a staging base and useless to the U.S. Navy as a fleet base
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Battle Of Okinawa
- The Battle of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
- Naval operations surrounding the battle, both sides lost considerable numbers of ships and aircraft, including the Japanese battleship.
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VE Day
- V-E Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
- On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader, committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin.
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Dropping Of The Atomic Bombs
- President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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VJ Day
- Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war.
- On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri.
- The official name for the day, however, is "the day for mourning of war dead and praying for peace"
