World War II

By Meganburns024
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    German Invasion of Poland

    Involved: Nazis (German Troops), Hitler, Polish army.
    Where: Poland
    What Happen: After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw finally surrendered to the Germans.
    Importance: It was a primer way that Hitler intended to wage war.
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    The Start of World War II

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    Battle of the Atlantic

    Involved: Britain, Canada, Germany, and the United States.
    Where: Atlantic sea, North sea, Caribbean sea, Labrador sea, Gulf of Mexico, Outer Banks, Arctic ocean, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and Irish sea.
    What Happened:Both the allies and the axis powers fought for control of the Atlantic Ocean. The Allies wanted it to resupply Britain and the Soviet Union against Germany and Italy. The Axis powers wanted to stop them .
    Importance: This battle was a strategic victory for the Allies.

  • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    Involved: Japan and the United States.
    Where: Pearl Harbor Marine Base
    What Happened: Japan kamikaze pilots crashes their planes into out naval base in Hawaii.
    Importance: The bombing of Pearl Harbor is important because it sparked the United States into entering the war.

  • The Bataan Death March

    Involved: Japan Philippines and the United States.
    Where: The Bataan peninsula in the Philippine Islands.
    What Happened: The surrendered Filipinos and Americans soon were rounded up by the Japanese and forced to march some 65 miles from Mariveles, on the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, to San Fernando.
    Importance: 65,000 Filipino and American troops were forced to march for 65 miles to prison camps

  • Battle of Coral Sea

    Involved: Japan, United States, and Australia
    Where: Coral sea, Solomon Islands, and New Guinea
    What Happened: It was a major naval battle between Japan and the United States, 500 miles from Australia.
    Importance: It was the first pure carrier-versus-carrier battle in history as neither surface fleet sighted the other. Though a draw, it was an important turning point in the war in the Pacific because, for the first time, the Allies had stopped the Japanese advance.
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    Battle of Midway

    Involved: United States and Japan
    Where: Midway Atoll and the Pacific Ocean
    What Happened: United states Navy defeated a Japanese attack on Midway Atoll.
    Importance: It was important because it marked a turning point in the war.

  • Battle of Guadalcanal

    Involved: Allies, Japan and United States.
    Where: Solomon Islands, Pacific, and the islands of Tulagi.
    What Happened: With Japanese troops stationed in this section of the Solomon Islands, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction.
    Importance: It’s important because it was the first major offensive and decisive victory for the Allies.
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    Allied invasion of North Africa (Morocco and Algeria)

    Involved: United States, United Kingdom, Allies and Axis powers.
    Where: North Africa
    What Happened: The military forces of the United States and the United Kingdom launched an amphibious operation against French North Africa, in particular the French-held territories of Algeria and Morocco.
    Importance: A successful invasion by combined British and American forces of French North Africa

  • the invasion of Normandy

    Involved: Allies and Nazi Germany
    Where: Normandy and France.
    What Happened: The allied forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France.
    Importance: With a huge force of over 150,000 soldiers, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe
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    Battle of the Bulge

    Involved: Germans and the Allies
    Where: Ardennes, Nazi Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg
    What Happened: The Germans attempted to push the Allied front line west from Northern France to Northwestern Belgium
    Importance: It was important because it was the Germans last major offensive attempt of the war
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    Battle at Iwo Jima

    Involved: United States and Japan
    Where: the two islands of Iwo Jima.
    What Happened: America invaded Iwo Jima in order to gain land closer to Japan.
    Importance: it was the only large engagement of the war in which Allied forces suffered more casualties (dead plus wounded) than their Japanese counterparts
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    Battle of Okinawa

    Involved: United States and Japan
    Where: Pacific and Okinawa
    What Happened: Okinawa was used to deafened Japan.
    Importance: It was important because it was the largest amphibious landing in the pacific and also resulted in the largest casualties.
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    Liberation of Dachau and Buchenwald-

    Involved: Nazi Germany and the United States
    Where: Dachau and Buchenwald.
    What happened: US forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. They also liberated Dora-Mittelbau, Flossenbürg, Dachau, and Mauthausen.
    Importance: the United States saved so many lives by liberating those concentration camps.

  • V-E Day

    Involved: United States, Great Britain, Australia, Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany.
    Where: Europe
    What Happened: the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces
    Importance: It was important because Germany surrendered all of its armed forces to the United States and the Allied powers
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    Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Involved: United States and Japan
    Where: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    What Happened: United States dropped two atomic bombs in Japan
    Importance: It was important because it resulted in the allied victory.