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Germany's Invasion of Poland
The invasion started when About 1.5 million German troops invaded the 1,750 border of Poland at 4:45 a.m. They achieved this by using the Luftwaffe to bomb Polish airfields. -
German Blitzkrieg
Known as the lighting storm. The Germans would send almost everything they had at you at one time. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was when Hitler decided to break his peace treaty with the Soviet Union and invade Russia. -
Pearl Harbor
When Japan piloted planes and bombed American Battleships and Carriers in the Harbor of the American Naval Port in Hawaii. -
D-Day
When America crossed the English Channel and invaded the German beach outposts that were on theFrench coast. -
Battle of the Bulge
This is when Germany tried to launch their last offensive attack on the allies. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
It was the first strike America took against Japan home lands. -
VE Day
Signified when Germany and the rest of the Axis powers surrendered to America and the Allies, signified the end of World War II in Europe. -
Dropping the Atomic Bombs
America dropped a bomb on the popular Japanese city, Hiroshima. The explosion killed about 90 percent of the city. -
VJ Day
When Japan surrendered to America, ending World War II once and for all for America.
