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Germany invades Poland/Start of WW2
Germany invades Poland and attacks them unexceptedly -
Draft in USA
Men having to sign up for the war -
Operation Barbarossa
code name for germans for when they would attack the soviet union -
siege of leningrad
a military blockade that was mainly undertaken by the germans -
pearl harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor -
the doolittle raid
16 american bombers attacked tokyo -
the battle of midway
naval battle in the Pacific -
battle of El Alamein
a battle in Egypt -
guadalcanal battle
originally a plan to take the island of Tulagi by allied forces -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany and the Soviet Union fight for Stalingrad -
operation torch
a british-american invasion of french north africa -
invasion of Sicily
the allied powers took Sicily from the axis powers -
invasion of Anzio
an allied attempt to draw away german troops from the Gustav line during operation shingle -
fall of rome
bombs were dropped on rome during WW2 -
D-Day
Doom's Day -
battle of the bulge
a geman offensive campaign -
battle of iwo jima
major battle in which the U.S marines landed on and finally captured the island -
the battle of okinawa
also known as operation iceberg,it was the largest amphibous landing in the Pacific -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day -
Victory on Japan
Japan finally surrenders.
