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Germany invades poland
Hitler made a non aggression pact with poland The Germans didn't like.The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. They then surrendered to the German later.The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war.
Characterized by extensive bombing to carry on to destroy enemy's air capacity.
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Germany invades France
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This event is also known as the fall of France.This destroyed large numbers of allied planes.The Germans had fewer tanks than the allies.Parts of France were put under German military occupation.They attacked France to go through Belgium. -
Germany Bombs London
During this event the country was put on high alert. Some of the bombs did fall on their intended target of the docks. Germany bombed London and the Battle of Britain began.The Luftwaffe unleashed a merciless bombing campaign against London on that day. After it started signals of invasion were sent out. -
Lend-Lease
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President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease bill into law. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials. This act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies. Lend-Lease brought the United States one step closer to entry into the war. -
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Operation Barbarossa
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On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. This was three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles. Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II. -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
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Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base. The Japanese destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessels. The United States placed this embargo because Japan tried to take over more territory..As a result, the Japanese army decided to attack Pearl Harbor.More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack. -
U.S declares war on Japan and Germany
(Japan)This was the day after the Pearl Harbor attack. Franklin Roosevelt addressed congress.(Germany)The vote was 88-0 in the senate and 393-0 in the house. The United States was victorious over Japan. On December 11, 1941 was the day that the U.S went to war with Germany. -
Germany declared war on u.s
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It was declared to what was claimed to be a series of provocation. Pearl Harbor was a reason for this. But Hitler thought otherwise. He was convinced that the United States would soon beat him to the punch and declare war on Germany.The U.S. Navy was already attacking German U-boats. -
Bataan Death March
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U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II. The approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March. -
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The Battle of Midway
The United States was able to preempt and counter japans planned ambush.This had permanent damage on Japanese. Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan. The victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. This fleet engagement between U.S. and Japanese navies in the north-central Pacific Ocean resulted from Japan’s desire to sink the American aircraft carriers that had escaped destruction at Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Stalingrad
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It was the successful Soviet defense of the city. Russians considered it to be the greatest battle of their patriotic war. Most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with combined military and civilian casualties of nearly 2 million. -
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Warsaw Ghetto March
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Residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged an armed revolt against deportations to extermination camps.The Warsaw ghetto uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German-occupied Eastern Europe. more than 400,000 Jews in Warsaw, the capital, were confined to an area of the city that was little more than 1 square mile. This ghetto was sealed off by many things and anyone caught leaving was shot on sight. -
D-Day
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The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults. By late August all of the northern France had been liberated. This event required extensive planning. The Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe. -
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Battle of the Bulge
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In December 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German. The Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle’s name. Lieutenant General George S. Patton’s successful maneuvering of the Third Army to Bastogne proved vital to the Allied defense. -
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Battle of the Iwo Jima
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The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops.who fought from an elaborate network of caves and other things underground.. Despite the difficulty of the conditions, the marines wiped out the defending forces. the battle earned a place in American lore with the publication of a pic showing the U.S. flag being raised in victory. -
U.S bombed Japan
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The explosion wiped out Ninety percent of the city. An american B-29 bomber dropped the worlds first deployed atomic bomb.During this it killed 80,000 people. Tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people.
