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Germany invades Poland
German forces blast Poland on land and from the air, as Hitler looks to regain lost territory and basically rule Poland, World War II had begun. -
Lend Lease
the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union
the German army invaded Yugoslavia and Greece in order to secure Germany's southern flank. -
japan bombed pearl harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S. -
United states declared war on japan
There was an 88-minute long speech made by Hitler to the Reichstag on December 11th, 1941, which was four days after the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, where he officially declared that Germany would join Japan in the war against the USA. -
Battle of Midway
The United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific -
liberation of Western Europe
the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nagasaki was a major shipbuilding city and a large military port. But it was not a favoured target as it had been bombed five times in the previous twelve months and any damage caused by an atomic bomb would have been difficult to assess
