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Nazis take the Sudetenland
Hitler wanted to take the Sudetenland back from the Czechs. he wanted to do this because after world war one the Germans were forced to give the Sudetenland to them after the treaty was signed. Since they had to give a part of Germany to the Czech's the people living there were no longer considered German and Hilter wanted them to be a part of their own country again. in the end Hitler ended up getting the Sudetenland back.
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German Blitzkrieg
The Germans used the tactics of speed and surprise to take over Poland. The Germans used blitzkrieg in order to be able to quickly defeat opposing forces. The blitzkrieg caused Germans to defeat numerous forces such as Poland -
Ribbentrop/Molotov pact
The Germans and the Soviet Union signed a treaty saying that they would be allies so that they could easily invade Poland. They wanted to be allies so they could have and easier time when they went to invade Poland. When Poland was invaded the Russians and Germans split up part of Poland amongst each other.
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Germany’s invasion of Poland
The German army had posed as polish soldiers the day before to prepare for the invasion. The next day the German army invaded Poland. Even though the polish army had 700,000 people they couldn’t deploy them quick enough do to the surprise attack from the Germans
Hitler invaded Poland to give the Germans lebensraum, he had promised it in mein kampf in 1924. In the end Poland was defeated
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Battle of Britain
The British and the Germans had a battle that took place in Britain that was mainly fought in the air. The Germans had bombed one of Britain’s shipping convoy on the British channel. The British won the battle and pushed the Germans back -
Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union
Hitler thought that Russia had the resources he would need in order to rule the world. So he decided to go back on the Ribbentrop/Molotov pact and invade Russia. Hitler thought that Russia had the resources he needed in order to rule the world. Hitler was defeated and was pushed back. If they weren’t defeated then maybe Hitler would have won the war
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Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter pilots bombed the U.S. Naval base in Honolulu Hawaii. This was a devastating hit the Americans. The Japanese destroyed nearly 20 U.S. vessels including 8 battleships and destroyed nearly 200 planes. On September 1940. The U.S. placed an embargo on Japan by prohibiting exports of steel, scrap iron, and aviation fuel to Japan, due to Japan's takeover of northern French Indochina. On Dec. 8th 1941 the U.S. declared war on japan and entered world war 2 -
Peral Harbor
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Wannsee Conference
14 people representing the government and the army gathered together to discuss the Final Solution. Another reason of it was to make sure people knew of the wars intentions and to fulfill them. This took place to discuss the final solution and to make sure that people were to fulfill the intentions of the war.
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Battle of Stalingrad
The German army attacked Stalingrad. People say the Hitler only wanted it because of his hatred of joseph Stalin. Hitler wanted to take over Stalingrad because of his hatred for joseph Stalin so he would have a town named after him. The German army was heavily defeated. Some people say that this was the turning point in the war because the German army was defeated so badly.
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Allied Invasion of Africa
The American and British teamed up and invaded through North Africa. The Americans and British wanted to cut of vital shipping lanes in the Mediterranean and to provide the allies with a jumping off point into Italy. Hitler was so angry he had ordered his troops to take the south of France. It had worked but by the time they had managed to stop the allied forces the damage had already been done.
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Operation Gomorrah
The royal air force made an aerial assault in the city of Hamburg. It was such a heavy assault that it was the heaviest assault in the history of aerial warfare it took 8 days with the U.S hitting at day and the British coming at night. The British had suffered enough air strikes from the Germans so they decided to team up the Royal air force with the U.S air force to make a series of conducted strikes on the city of Hamburg. It was the first time the two had ever worked together -
Opertation Gomorrah
By the end o9f it the two air forces had dropped more than 9,000 tons of explosives, killing more than 30,000 people and destroying 280,000 buildings. The effect on Hitler, too, was significant. He refused to visit the burned-out cities, as the ruins bespoke nothing but the end of the war for him.
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D-Day
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D-Day
Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. With a huge force of over 150,000 soldiers, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe. Germany was trying to take over all of Europe however Britain and the U.S had slowed down the German forces and now it was there turn to turn on the offensive. Over 150,000 troops had landed in Normandy. They pushed their way inland allow. -
VE Day
The forces celebrated because they had won the war. They Germans were defeated and the war was ended. The was over.
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
The soviet forces had discovered one of the Nazi concentration camps in Poland. After the Germans found out they tried to get rid of the evidence by mass murdering prisoners.The Soviet forces had discovered one of the concentration camps. So the Nazi tried to get rid of it. The concentration camps were liberated by various forces and the prisoners were freed.
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• Battle of the Bulge
The Germans took out the American lines. To do this they had used over 200,000 troops and nearly 1,000 tanks. They also had English speaking spy’s drop behind American lines dressed like U.S soldier to tell lies and confuse them. It was Germany’s last chance to advance.The Germans got through the American lines and tried to advance quickly. Although they advanced other American troops fell back and took out the Germans at Bastogne, Belgium.
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