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Fall of Paris
British had left France to fight, the French government was seperated so that they could take political representatives that were seeking peace with the Germans.France and Germany signed an armistice and it then split the country. France where Germany got control of the west and the north. However, France was still under the control of the " axis". Allowing Germany to completely invade.
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was waged during the summer of 1940 after France had finally succumbed to the advancing German forces and only Great Britain stood in Hitler's path. The battle for air supremacy played out in the skies with RAF pilots outnumbered some which caused a conflict. The treaty of Versailles did not allow the Germans to have an air force. The Soviet Union helped the Germans to keep a secret and train air force pilots on combat planes. -
Operation Barbarosa
Hitler sent his armies eastward as a huge invasion of the Soviet Union. The invasion had covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea. There was a crucial turning point. This forced Natzi to fight against a coalition.
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Battle of Stalingrad
The military Campaign between Nazi Germany and the Russia forces, known as the largest and bloodiest engagements in warfare. Million of troops fought and almost two million people were killed or hurt during the fight, along with thousands of Russian Civilians. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
Allies invaded the Axis control of Europe by landing on the island of Sicily. Meanwhile the groups were tried to overthrow Mussolini to create peace with most of the Allies,however a German military threatened any action that may take place during the process.The Italian mainland and government came to an agreement to be able to be treated at a tolerable level only if they were to aid the allies prevent Germans from Italy. -
D-Day
Allied troops were landing on beaches in France (Normandy).They had begun the operation that could liberate the Western Europe and the control that the Nazi's had.
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Bombing of Dresden
In World War II , Allied bombing raids were very close to destroying the German City of Dresden. It was known as Terror bombing against Germany. There was a high number of Civilian casualties, and people started calling it a " war crime". There were RAF who had dropped heavy bombs all over Dresden.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The military Campaign within the Imperial Army and the U.S Marines off the coast of Japan. The marines had landed on Iwo Jima , outnumbering the japanese. American military leaders planned an attack but the Japanese were suffering due to running low on supplies and food. Genreal Kuribayashi’s artillery positions in the mountains above opened fire, were advancing the marines. The lack of immediate response a part of Kuribayashi’s plan
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Tokyo Fire Raids
They have believed that the savings for the fuel could make the bombers carry more and make more damage than they did before.Tokyo started to burn and the civil defense authorities did their best to help reduce the issue, but at least every few minutes there was a new bomber that arrived, in a new part of the city with a heavier load of bombs.
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/07/28/operation-meetinghouse-the-1945-firebombing-of-tokyo-was-the-single-deadliest-air-raid-in-history/
