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Germany's invasion of Poland
Hitler used the Blitzkrieg strategy to invade Poland quickly before any other country's could respond. The Poland military and civilian population had no chance against the Nazi's. All the people of Poland could do is wait for The US or Russia. -
Fall of Paris
The Germans rolled tanks and troops into France, Winston Churchill told the French government to hang on because America would come to their aid, Germans began executing, arresting, interrogation, and spying -
Operation Barbarossa
This operation was Hitlers attempt at trying to control and take over the Soviet Union, He sent 3 million troops and failed, but this proved a huge turning point in the war because now Hitler would have to defend on two fronts, the west and the east. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base Peral Harbor, they caused mass destruction to the American Fleet, this began war with Japan, and entered WWII -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942 during World War II. -
Bataan Death March
After the U.S. surrendered the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippians approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to walk 65 miles to prison camps -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor the US defeated Japan thanks to a major breakthrough in Code Breaking, the US was able to ambush Japan and turned the tables in the pacific campaign. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw ghetto uprising began after Nazi's and Gestapo entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants, the Germans destroyed the uprising and left the area decimated -
Operation Gomorrah
On this day in 1943, British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week.” -
D-Day
More than 160,000 Allied troops landed on the French coastline, The allies won and began to march to Germany and take out Hitler. -
Battle of the Bulge
This battle is a response to D-day, everyone thought that the war was about to end, but Hitler launched a counteroffensive. This battle turned the tide of the war to the axis powers. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Americans invaded the coast of Japan and realized how much they needed a naval base. They decided to attack Iwo Jima an island that was a critical turning point in intelligence for the Americans. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was a code for a cancelled operation, the plan was to massively bomb Berlin and hopefully kill German key personnel which would destroy the German Morale -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was a code for a cancelled operation, the plan was to massively bomb Berlin and hopefully kill German key personnel which would destroy the German Morale -
VE Day
A national European holiday, the day that Hitler and the Nazi Party surrendered. This basically ended the war -
Dropping Of The Atomic Bombs
The Americans dropped a 5 ton bomb on Hiroshima named Fat man. Little Boy was the second that dropped on Nagasaki -
VJ Day
The Japanese representatives aboard the USS Missouri decided to surrender giving Americans victory over Japan. This ended the war between the US and Japan.
