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Start of WWII
Blitzkrieg was the start of WWII. The reason it is called blitzkrieg is because blitzkrieg means lighting war in German. In this event the Germans came into Poland and invaded without stopping, which was the quickest type of war. When the Nazis (the Nazis were a group started by Adolf Hitler the dictator of Germany.) invaded Poland they considered this the start of the war because Germany was becoming a threat and attacking countries. -
Nazi Germany Takes France
When the Nazis took France, Britain was very angry. Although there were some small groups in France that fought back, Germany was still able to use France as a place to launch fighter planes to bomb Britain. This did not stop Britain, though because on D-Day Britain along with others in the allied forces took France back. -
Russia Joins Allies
Breaking their pact (one of the biggest mistakes the Germans made) Nazi Germany invaded the part of Poland that their ally had taken. This made Russia very angry, so they joined the fight against Nazi Germany and Japan (the Axis). -
Pearl Harbor
On this day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This is what got the US in WWII. America attacked islands Japan had taken over because of this. There was a memorial built in honor of the people who died at this tragic event. -
D-Day
On this day, Britain, The USA, and Canada attacked Nazis in France to take it back. Tons of soldiers snuck over in small boats and attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. This was a very successful battle that was remembered as D-Day. -
End of World War II
Germany surrendered because they knew that they where loosing. They were loosing because Japan (with the Axis powers or on the side of Germany) was being attacked by America, France was being taken back and saved by the British after the Germans took over, and Germany was being attacked by Russia after Germany had broken their pact with them by invading them in Poland. The Germans were basically surrounded and were forced to give up. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Even after Hitler had surrendered, the war between Japan and the USA was still going. To end it the USA fired two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This ended the war very quickly. Japan surrendered on September 2nd 1945, only a month after the war.
