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German Blitzkrieg
A German term for "lighting war". Blitskrieg is a military tactic created to hit their enemy as fast and as hard as they can. -
Germany's invasion on poland
1.5 Nazi troops invaded poland.The Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the invason was a defense action ,but Britain and France were not covienced. -
Pearl harbor
Hundreds of Japanese planes attacked the American naval base at pearl harbor near Honolulu. More than 2000 American soilders and sailors died in the attack and 1000 were wounded. -
Bataan death march
U.S. surrender Bataan penisula, 75,000 Filipino and U.S. troops on Bataan were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps. -
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Warsaw ghetto uprise
residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw poland, Staged an armed relvolt against deportatranion to exterminating camps. -
D-day
Largest invasion in history. The battle of Normany, which lasted from june 1944 to august 1944. -
Battle of iwo jima
The American invasion of iwo jima during world war 2 stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. -
Battle of okinawa
Last and biggest of the pacific island battles of world war 2. -
VE-day
Britain and U.S. celebrate victory in Europe. Rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
Dropping the atomic bombs
An American B-29 bomber drops the world's first atom bomb on the city Hiroshima. Around 80,000 people are killed from the blast. 35,000 are injured an 60,000 are dead by the end of the year. -
VJ-day
It was annoced that Japan had surrended. -
Battle of bulge
Adolf hitler attempted to split the allied armies in Northwest Europe by using Bllitzkrieg through the Ardennes to Antwarp.
