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Invasion of Poland
Blitzkrieg was fist used in Poland. Poland was invaded by Germany. It started WWII in Europe. Was Effective. Made Germany get alot of territory. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Was japanese bombing on U.S. Naval bases and ships. -
Japanese American Internment
Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the internment with Executive Order 9066. This is the imprisonment of Japanese Americans in camps. Ironic: Because we are fighting people who are depriving them of their civil liberties and we are saying that putting the Japnanese in internment camps is justified. -
Pacific Theater
Major Theater of WWII between Allies and Japan. -
Battle of Midway
2nd major Naval Battle. It was the turning point in the Pacific Theater because the U.S. was losing a lot of battles. Offensive Victory. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was stalled out. German troops stranded in Russia in the winter. Stalingrad shows the weakness of the blitzkrieg strategy. -
Battle of Peleliu
Was a atempt tocapture of a airship. Was predicted to take 2 days but took 2 months. -
Operation Torch
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El elomy
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Battle of Normandy | D-Day | Operation Overlord
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Operation Market Garden
A large scale operation to end WWII by christmas. Prolonged European theater. Allied Failure. -
Battle of the Bulge
The U.S. had a bulge in their line. A gamble for Germany to back off U.S. Troops. -
Shoah
Also known as the Holocaust. Was the genocide of six million Jews. Camps were being liberated at the end of the war. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Bloodiest naval battle in the Pacific War. -
Little Boy
Was the Atomic bomb that hit Hiroshima.
Prompt Japanese to surrender in the Pacific War. -
Fat Man
Was the Atomic bomb of that hit Nagasaki.
Prompt Japanese to surrender in the Pacific War. -
United Nations
When there were officially established. Helps solve war problems. -
Creation of Israel