Wwii

Important Events of WWII

By ashhedge

  • German Invasion of Poland

    German Invasion of Poland
    Germany begins the World War by invading Poland. An understood landmine, that if invaded would cause a war. Germany did not care, they felt prepared for war and wanted to gain more of Europe to create an empire.
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  • German Blitzkreig

    German Blitzkreig
    A German war tactic -- aka. lightning war -- that required heavy weaponry on the ground and in the air in order to quickly overwhelm and take out the opponent. It was created to effectively take out the enemy and was painfully productive.
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    German Blitzkrieg

    A German war tactic -- aka. lightning war -- that required heavy weaponry on the ground and in the air in order to quickly overwhelm and take out the opponent.
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  • Operation Barbaroosa

    Operation Barbaroosa
    Operation Barbaroosa was a German Invasion of the Soviet Union. The German forces had reached their peak in ability... it was not enough. When they did not succeed Germany was forced into a two-sided battle. Source

  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
    In this attack the Japanese devastatingly depleted our war-boats and airplanes, we lost over 2,000 soldiers. Congress declared war on Japan and officially ended our policy of isolationism.
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  • Wannsee Conference

    Wannsee Conference
    Officials of the Nazi party and German government met to discuss "The Final Solution". "The Final Solution" was the systematic and intentional annihillation of European Jews. This meeting lead to what we know as The Holocaust.
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  • Operation Gomorrah

    Operation Gomorrah
    British and American forces blitz the city of Hamburg, Germany. Britain struck at night, America in the daylight... as reprecution for civilian lives in German bomb raids. Germany not only saw a physical devastation, but the attacks dampered morale.
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  • Normandy Invasion "D-Day"

    Normandy Invasion "D-Day"
    a.k.a. Operation Overlord
    The Allied invasion of western Europe. It resulted in the liberation of Northern France. When the forces met the Soviet Union, it meant an end for the Nazi party.
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  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    This Battle became the most deadly of the war. It was an attempt to split the Allied Powers using blitzkrieg. It was a costly battle all around, for the U.S. army it was the most costly of the war. source

  • The Bombing of Dresden "Operation Thunderclap"

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  • Battle of Iwo Jima

  • Battle of Okinawa

  • Victory in Europe

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    The Dropping of Atomic Bombs

  • Victory in Japan

    or Aug 14, 1945
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