World War 2 Timeline- by Raphael Zotter

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    German Blitzkrieg

    The German Blitzireg was a german military move to destroy ather armies quickly. it helped germany tack over europe.
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    Germany's Invasion of Poland

    The invashion of Poland was an invasion of Poland by Germany that marked the Begining of World War 2. It hapand because
    germany whanted all the land it lost from world war 1.
  • Booming of Pearl Harbor

    On December 7 the Japanese Boomed Pearl Harbor on the intention to destroy as many American battle ships in the Pacific as they can. This was a huge event becase it broght America in to World War Two.
  • Bataan Death March

    After The U.S surrendered to Japan on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines, the 75,000 Filipino and American troops were forced to march to a Japanese prison camp. The prisoners were used as slaves in vary poor conditions. This is signifigent because it started a fire that fuled the american military to win the Pacifc war.
  • D-Day

    D-Day was one of the largest amphibious attack. Its perpus was to create a foot hold in europe. it was inportant because it helped to get rid of the Nazis.
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    Liberation of Concentration camps

    The first major camp, Majdanek, was discovered by the advancing Soviets on July 23, 1944. many more were descovered after and was inpotant becase it freed inprisond people from the Nazi rath.
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    Battle of Iwo Jima

    it was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army and helped to defeat the japanease.
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    Battle of Okinawa

    it was a battle to tack Okinawa for the U.S to build a air base to easyer access main land Japane. this battle alsow helped to deffeat Japan in WW2.
  • VE Day

    VE Day was a public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender.
  • Dropping of the Atomic Bomb

    The atomic bomb was used to create a speedy end to the war so 2 were droper on Japan. It was so devistating that Japan serendered soon after.
  • VJ Day

    VJ day was the day the Japanese formaly serendered.
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    Battle of Bulge

    It was one of the Germans last magior ofensive attack to split the alied army, it failed and descereged nazi germany and made ther army weaker