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German Blitzkrieg
At 6am, 50 German divisions making up Army Group North and Army Group South flood into Poland. France, government of Australia, New Zealand, Britain, and South Africa all declares war on Germany. Adolf Hitler gave his final orders to germans to invade Poland because he wanted Germans to live there too. All of this triggered World War II to happen.https://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/1939-ww2-events-timeline.php -
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Fall of Paris
France and the Allies attempted to hold off against the Germans but they weren't anywhere near as advanced as German army. This gave the Germans dominance in Continental Europe with no significant allied forces to contest them for two years. "Free France" https://www.secondworldwarhistory.com/1940-ww2-events-timeline.php and my notes -
Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor left over 2 thousand dead and 300 aircrafts damaged or destroyed. Tension had been building between Japan and the US already. The day came Japan thought it would be a good idea to do this and would give them sometime in the Pacific and Southeast but didn't and lost https://www.history.com/news/why-did-japan-attack-pearl-harbor -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of 15 high-ranking government officials from Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel (SS) officials, in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. The organizer of the Wannsee Conference was SS Lieutenant-General Reinhard Heydrich, the Chief of the Reich Security Main Office. Heydrich was the architect of the ''Final Solution to the Jewish Question,'' also known as the Holocaust.
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Bataan Death March
After the march Peninsula finally surrendered to the Japanese. Some did it for personal challenge, others for love of competition, or to foster esprit de corps in their unit.
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
This event let led to a lot of things but one of the biggest was a uprising suppressed. In Poland, the Nazis moved to liquidate the Warsaw ghetto. In a desperate last stand, the remaining Jewish inhabitants began a hopeless month-long battle.
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Allied Invasion of Italy
An internal revolt in Italy had overthrown Mussolini, and the new Italian government of Marshal Pietro Badoglio was putting out peace feelers. The Allies wanted to take advantage.Although the Allied attack on Italy made the Italians surrender and tied down German strength, it did not lead to the strategic results the British had hoped for. https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/italian-campaign#:~:text=Although%20the%20Allied%20attack%20on,'a%20tough%20old%20gut'. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
The invasion, if successful, would drain German resources and block access to key military sites. Securing a bridgehead in Normandy would allow the Allies to establish a viable presence in northern Europe for the first time since the Allied evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-d-day#:~:text=The%20invasion%2C%20if%20successful%2C%20would,evacuation%20from%20Dunkirk%20in%201940. -
Operation Thunderclap
In 1944, during World War II, a plan called Operation Thunderclap was proposed. The idea was to bomb Berlin, which would inflict many casualties. However, the project was never put into action.
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Battle of the Bulge
The German army launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces in a manner that would turn the tide of the war in Hitler's favor. This caused Germany to surrender to Allied forces. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Bulge -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Nazi Germany and its allies established more than 44,000 camps and other incarceration sites (including ghettos). The perpetrators used these sites for a range of purposes, including forced labor, detention of people thought to be enemies of the state, and for mass murder. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-camps -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, which means Sulfur Island, was strategically important as an air base for fighter escorts supporting long-range bombing missions against mainland Japan. 216 survived the battle to be taken prisoner, and an estimated 3,000 went into hiding during the U.S. occupation of the island. https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1945/battle-of-iwo-jima.html#:~:text=declared%20%E2%80%9Csecure.%E2%80%9D-,Aftermath,down%20its%20arms%20until%201949. -
Victory over Victory Europe Day
Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day - celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe.50 countries signed the United Nations Charter and pledged to maintain international peace and security. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-happened-after-ve-day#:~:text=VE%20Day%20marked%20the%20start,maintain%20international%20peace%20and%20security. -
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Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki?scrlybrkr=023f0ed0#:~:text=On%206%20and%209%20August,weapons%20in%20an%20armed%20conflict. -
Victory Over Japan Day
Truman announced on Aug. 14, 1945, that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, war-weary citizens around the world erupted in celebration.The news that Japan had surrendered, brought a feeling of relief, to Allied servicemen. They would no longer be risking death or injury in combat. Many who had been serving in the Pacific and Burma cherished the hope that they would soon be able to return home, to their loved ones.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/vj-day-and-the-end-of-the-second-world-war#:..