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German blitzkrieg
This is also known as lightning war. They were surprise attacks. It was very effective -
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Invasion of Poland
On September 1,1939 the nazis invaded Poland. This was to try to help spread nazism. This also marks the day when the war started. -
Operation Barbarossa
This is the invasion of the Soviet Union on the eastern front. Germany thought that they would get as far as taking over Moscow but due to the weather and lack of supply the lost -
Attack of Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 in the early hours on Hawaii Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. It was from this that we did not have much of a navy because of the Japanese -
Battle of midway
Pacific island of Midway was going to be an island for the Japanese on the way to Hawaii. The Japanese tried to make it a trap making the US carriers come out of harbor. The US had different plans instead -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Germans once again tried to defeat the soviet army by trying to take over Stalingrad. The Germans were forced to surrender -
D-day invasion of Normandy
One of the most bloodiest battles for allied forces. Allied forces were trying to take back Europe by invading from the ocean -
Battle of the bulge
"Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium" -
Battle of Okinawa
Where the Japanese held their final stand in World War 2. This was also a "staging point for the planned Allied invasion of the Japanese mainland." -
VE Day
Also known as victory in Europe day. It marks the day in which the allies win World War 2. -
Dropping the atomic bombs
The US did not know if they should drop the atomic bomb. Then finally on August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb named little boy was dropped on Hiroshima and on August 9, 1945 Fat man was dropped on Nagasaki -
VJ Day
Also known as victory over japan day. This marks the day where the Japanese surrender to the US ending the war against each other
