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Germany's Invasion of Poland
Around 5 in the afternoon, over 1 million German troops invaded Poland. When asked, Adolf Hitler claimed they were attacking for defense, but England and France were smart and didn't believe him. This action lead to Britain and France declaring World War 2 on Germany.
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German Blitzkrieg
The German Blitzkrieg, also known as the "Lightning War", was a German devised plan made to cause disorganization. The Germans' used this plan in countries like Poland, Belguim, The Netherlands, and France.
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Fall of Paris
Germans marched into Paris announceing a curfew at 8 p.m. Winston Chruchill tried to tell the French if they held their groung that German could not take Paris, but the French did not fight hard enough.
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Operation Barbarossa
Adlof Hitler tells his army to head East and attack the Soviet Union. The invasion covered around 2000 miles. This was the turning point of the war, causing Germany to fight 2 wars at once.
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was an attck from the Japanese, against the United States. the attack took place at Pearl Harbor, in Honolulu, Hawaii. It started when hundreds of fighter planes flew in to start bombing. They destoried nearly 20 American Naval vessels, 8 battle ships, and 200 ariplanes. This attack killed 2000 American and wounded over 1000. Shortly after this attack America Join the war.
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Wannsee Confrence
Hitler wrote to Herman Goering, strict instructions that order his to best men SS general and Heinrich Himmler to come up with the answer to what they would do with the Jews.
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Bataan Death March
The U.S. surrendored to the Bataan Peninsula's around 75,000 sodiers and Filipinos were forced to 65 miles march to prison camps. They were treated awful in these camps.
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Battle of Midway
37 Douglas Bombers flew off of the ship the USS Enterprise. This attack was planned to bomb Japanese aircarriers. Japanese aught on and fought back and after a couple of minutes both ship were sinking.
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingard result in Soviet victory. Russians consider this to be the biggest battle in their Gerat Patriotic War. The Soviets stopped German advancment into the Soviet Union.
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprise
People in the Jewish ghetto plan an armed uprise against Gernan forces. they wanted Germany to release Jew in concentration camps. This one attack inspired others to try to overthrow the Germans.
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Operation Gomorrah
British act by bombing the German town of Hamburg. Americans know this as Blitz Week. Britian dropped 2300 tons of bomb on to the city, which is equal to the same amount of bombs Germany dropped on London in 5 raids. This attack cause mass destruction.
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D-Day
156,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers landed on 5 beaches in the Normandy area. This is one of the largest attacks in military history and took lots of planing and training.
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Operation Thunderclap
Germany had been losing and had lost lots of the land it had gained from the beginning of the war, they were beginning to fight just for the land in the normal territory boundaries. In this battle it was like every country advanced on Germany to shut them down.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
United States marines divided into 3 groups and started toward Iwo Jima, which was heavily guarded by Japanese soldiers.The Japanese knowing the landscape fought in caves, dugout, tunnels, and anywhere with cove to get an advantage. 5900 American were killed and 17,400 were wounded.
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Battle of Okinawa
Last and biggest battle near the Pacific islands. It involved 287,000 United States soldiers against 130,000 Japanese soldiers. By the 82nd day of this battle the Japanese had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and allied force included 65,000 casualites and 14,000 died.
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VE Day
United States and Britian celebrated Victory in Europe Day. Germany thought they were surrendering not celebrating.
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Japanese Invasion of China
Japanese invaded China which started the Second Sino-Japanese War. Chinese forces weren't able to fight the Japanese.
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Dropping Of the Atomic Bombs
The United States became the first and only nation to used an atomic weapin during this war and dropped it on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. This action ended the War.
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VJ Day
On August 14, 1945, Japanese surrender to the Allied Forces. This is calles VJ Day because it stands for Victoryover Japan Day.
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Battle of the Bulge
The German military launched deadly despresate attacks. This caught Americans off guard and and made them have to fight very hard so Germany couldn't advance in the war.
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