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germany invades poland
1.5million german troops invade poland. Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion. held france and britian get involved. -
german Blitzkrige
is a militarty tactic designed to create disorganizes among enemy forces. they used this on poland to see if it would work. caused many arguments with poland. -
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world war 2
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pearl harbor
japanese did a suprise attack on hawaii. japenese thought it would solve the economic and demographic pronlems. Because of this it made U.S. join world war 2. -
D-day
american, british, and canada forces where involved. Thwy thought it would end the world war in europe, but it turned the tie aganist the Nazi's -
battel of the bulge
Hitler attempted to split the allied armied in the northwest europe. The shortage of fuel suffered 100,000 casualtties -
Battel of iwo jima
battel where U.S. marines captured the island of Iwo Jima from japan. attempted to try to stop imperia;ist japan. japan loses to iwo Jima. -
battel of okinawa
this was faought on the island of okinawa. they fought to comat japan. Ended up being the bloodiest battel of the paific war. -
VE day
a day to celebrate tje victory of the defeat of the nazi war. and the germans surrendered. Mant german soldiers was to elude the grap of the soviet union. -
dropings of the atomic boms
The united states becames teh first and only nation to use atomic weponary during war time. They where going to use it on japan. 100,000 more people died very slow and horrendos deaths as
a result of radiation poisonong.