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Little Steps
Who = Ada and Jamie What = Ada starting to be able to walk. When = On June 22nd, 1939 Where = At the house. Why = So she would be able to go to school and have fun and make friends without embarrassing her mother. -
Miss Smith
Who = Ada and Jamie What = Miss Smith “adopts” Ada and Jamie When = On June 25th, 1939, Why = Ada and Jamie were not taken in by anybody -
Escape
Who = Ada and Jamie What = Ada and Jamie escape When = On June 25th, 1939 Where = Ada and Jamie’s Mum’s House Why = To have a better life -
New Life
Who = Miss Smith, Ada, and Jamie What = Miss Smith takes good care of Ada and Jamie When = On June 26th, 1939 Where = Miss Smith’s House Why = So Ada and Jamie can have a good life -
School
Who = Miss Smith, Jamie, and Ada What = Miss Smith homeschools Ada When = On July 5th, 1939 Where = Miss Smith’s House Why = So that Ada can learn -
Battle of Moscow
Who = Russia started the Battle of Moscow. What = Battle of Moscow When = October 1941 - January 1942 Where = Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic . Why = The Battle of Moscow was the first major victory over the German troops. Pretty much for the entire time since June 22 the Soviet army was retreating only having some small victories that only slowed down the German attack but could not prevent it from going further east. -
Battle of Midway
Who = The U.S Navy started the Battle of Midway What = Battle of Midway When = June 4th , 1942 - June 7th, 1942 Where = Midway Atoll
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Battle of Stalingrad
Who = General Paulus started the Battle of Stalingrad
What = Battle of Stalingrad
When = August 23rd, 1942 - February 2, 1943 Where = Volgograd. Why = The first reason is that the Battle of Stalingrad marked the end of Germany's advances into eastern Europe and Russia. The second reason is that this battle was the first major German loss during World War II -
Battle of Kursk
Who = The Nazis started the Battle of Kursk . What = Battle of Kursk When = July 5th,1943 - August 23rd, 1943 Where = Kursk, Russia Why = For the Germans, the battle represented the final strategic offensive they were able to mount in the Eastern Front. For the Soviet Union, the victory gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war. -
D-Day
Who = General Dwight Eisenhower started D - Day What = D - Day When = June 6th, 1944 Where = Normandy , France Why = Initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi Germany..
