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Miracle of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
It was the evacuation of The British Expeditionary Force, 338,000 allied troops were rescued from death or imprisonment. Lasted until June 4, 1940. Decided upon once the troops were being surrounded by german forces. -
Blitzkrieg "Lightning War"
A military tactic to cause disorganization against the enemy force and to ultimately try and end the war.The word Blitzkrieg was first used in a Time magazine to describe the situation. It had resulted in many victories for Germany for roughly 2 years. -
Germany bombed London and the Battle of Britain
During the fall and summer. An air force battle and ended when Germany's Luftwaffe (Air Force) failed to gain air superiority. Britain's victory prevented a ground invasion and possibly german occupancy. The battle was named just as it was starting my Winston Churchill in one of his speeches. -
Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union. The Battle of Stalingrad
The successful soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad.
Russians consider it the greatest battle of The Great Patriotic War. Historians consider it the greatest battle of the entire event. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a surprise attack on the united states fleet, which prevented for a short time the americans to not interfere with the japanese military. -
The Battle of Bataan and the Bataan Death March
After the U.S. had surrendered the Bataan Peninsula approximately 75,000 U.S. and Filipino troops were forced to do a 65 mile march to prison camps. This march was done in intense heat and Japanese soldiers were brutal towards them. It had lasted until April 9, 1942. -
The internment of Japanese Americans during WWII
The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation to camps in the western interior of the country, between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were moved. This had happened because americans were scared of Japanese at the time. -
D-Day (Normandy)
The allied forces attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy with over 150,000 forces. It had started June 6, 1944 and lasted until August. It had happened with other attacks weakening Germany and causing a turning point in the war. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Defended by about 23,000 Japanese army and navy.
The americans had experienced success and then got bogged down because of the intricate network they had that was difficult to locate and destroy so they could win. Eventually the Americans got to the top of the hill, winning the war and taking the famous photograph which was taken twice. -
Manhattan Project
A top secret research development that had created the first nuclear weapons. Led by the U.S. with support from the United Kingdom and Canada. They found out that Germany was going to have an atomic bomb so it got funded to get one in the U.S.
