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Germany's Invasion of Poland
- The nonaggression act was signed with poland
- Germany broke the pact and invaded anyway
- German supporters were not to fond of the idea of invading Poland
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German Blitzkrieg
- German Term for "Lightning"
- A military tactic
- First Tried tactic in Poland, it was a succsess
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Fall of Paris
- Germans invade Paris and occupy the city
- France continues to ask help from its allies
- France did not want to fight in the capital
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Operation Barbarossa
- German attack on the soviet
- Invasion of over 3 million german soldiers
- Germany loose in the end against th best known soldiers at the time
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Pearl Harbor
- Japenese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- The attack lasted two hours
- It was a succsessful attack for Japan, Destroying 20 american vessels, 300 Planes and killing thousands of soldiers
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Battle of Midway
- It was six months after the attack of Pearl Harbor
- A huge move made by the USA defeating Japan is a naval battle
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Wannsee Conference
- A german meeting disscussing the "Final Solution"
- the Nazi policy of exterminating European Jews. Introduced by Heinrich Himmler and administered by Adolf Eichmann, the policy resulted in the murder of 6 million Jews in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945
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Bataan Death March
- Phillipine Island
- 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make a 65-mile march to prison camps
- Thousands Died
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Battle of Stalingrad
- A succsessful soviet defense in the city of stalingrad
- Soviets "Patriotic War"
- Know as one of the bloodiest battle in history
- Nearly 2 millions deaths
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Operation Gomorrah
- British bombers raidGermany, by night in Operation Gomorrah
- while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week.”
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Allied Invasion of Italy
- Was decided after the campaign in Africa
- Was chosen to break some of the control in europe
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D-Day
- invasion of the beach Normandy France
- Codename operation overlord
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Battle of the Bulge
- Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg
- American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance
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Operation Thunderclap
- Proposal to Bomb eastern most cities of Germany
- To disrupt the transportation infrastructure
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Battle of Iwo Jima
- First attacks on Japenese Home islands
- Stemmed for a need of a base near the Japenese
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VE Day
- Victory in Europe Day
- Britain and formely occupied western europe rejoice the the defeat of the Nazi War machine
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Potsdam Declaration
- The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender is a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II
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Dropping the Atomic Bombs
- Bombs dropped on Hiroshima
- Destroyed 90% of the City
- Killing 80,000 people
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VJ Day
- Victory over japan day
- news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations
