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Germany invades France
On this day in 1940, Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. that evening-as German troops enter and occupy Paris. -
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Germany bombed London
On 7 September 1940, the Luftwaffe unleashed a merciless bombing campaign against London and Britain's major cities. Instead of breaking morale, however, the raids only galvanised the will of the British people for the rest of the war. -
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Lend-Lease
During World War II, the United States began to provide significant military supplies and other assistance to the Allies in September 1940, even though the United States did not enter the war until December 1941. Much of this aid flowed to the United Kingdom and other nations already at war with Germany and Japan through an innovative program known as Lend-Lease. -
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Japan bombs PearlHarbor
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. -
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United States declare war on Japan and Germany
On this day the U.S of A declared war on Germany and Japan. The presidents speech was followed by a huge applauded about pearlharbor and people wanted war on japan. -
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GERMANY AND ITALY DECLARE WAR ON U.S
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor Hitler had a plan to go attack the U.S.A. Germany teamed up with Italy to go to war. This was said to be one of Hitlers biggest mistakes. -
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U.S declare war on Germany and Japan
The U.S were seeking revenge on Japan for bombing Hawaii. U.S declared war on Germany because they knew it was not long before they got dragged into the war after trying to be left out of it. -
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U.S victory
The united states of america had won the war against Germany. The presidents speech gave after japans bombing seemed to move a lot of people to work harder and i think that it why we won this war. -
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Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. -
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D-Day
During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Code named Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military. -
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U.S dropped atomic bombs on Japan
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War.
