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Invasion of Poland
German soldires invaded Poland. Hitler claimed that it was a defence action. This was the start of World War 2. -
German Blitzkreig
This was a German military tactic used to fast but quick results in a battle. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese war planes dropped bombs on Pearl Harbor.They wanted to expand their economic and demographic reach. The lead to America joning the war. -
D-Day
160,000 American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy to fight Hitlers defence. The battle lead to more than 100,000 Americans to contuine to take down Hitler -
Battke of Iwo Jima
America needed a base that was near the Japanese coast, so we took over the island of Iwo Jima. We were sucsesful at taking over the island. -
VE Day
This was the day that we claimed victory against the Nazis in Europe. The war was over inn Europe. -
Battle of Okinawa
This was the last and biggest Pacific island battke of WW2. We were fighting at the stakes of an air base vital to the prjection invasion of Japan. Both commanding officers were killed on both sides. -
Dropping of the atomic bomb
We dropped the bomb on the city Japanese city of Hiroshima to end the war. This caused much panic in the Japan military. -
VJ Day
This was the day that we celebrated the suerender of Japan. The war was finnaly over. -
Battke of Bulge
This was a massive German offinsive campain to end the war in Europe. This lead to German counteroffinsive being neutralized.
