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German Blitzkrieg
A military strategy that was created disorganization through enemy forces with use of mobile forces and firepower. This resulted in short military campaigns , and limited artillery.
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Fall of Paris
Italy entered the war and invaded France. This is when the Germans invaded France and the Low countries and Germany defeated the Allied forces
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Operation Barbarossa
This was code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The German troops were unable to defeat the soviet forces which then created a major turning point in the war.
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Pearl Harbor
This is when the Japanese military attacked the united states naval base located on the island of Hawaii. At this attack within two hours, 18 warships have been sunk, 188 aircrafts destroyed and 2,403 Americans were killed. Japanese attacked them since they had past tensions over there war with china, and they had continued to but heads
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Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was a Soviet Union success defense that was located in the City of stalingrad. This battle stopped the German invade into the Soviet Union which created that turning point in the war that favoured the Allies. This battles was Germany's first major loss in the war.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad
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Battle of Midway
This was the turning point in the Pacific War, and was also one of the most decisive battles of this war. This battle successfully demolished Japan's naval strength when then Americans destroyed many of their aircrafts
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Wannsee Conference
At this conference the high ranked nazi party and the german government officials came together at a neutral spot in Wannsee to discuss and coordinate to carry out the " Final Solution of the Jewish Question" . The Wannsee conference leads to the holocaust and the genocide of 6 million Jews.
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Operation Gomorrah
This is when the British bombers raid Germany during the night. They decided to bomb this event since britain had been raided by Germany earlier in the year.
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D- Day
This was the day in World War which Allied forces invaded western Europe, and the day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect. This was the turning point in the western Europe.
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Battle of the Bulge
This battle was the last major offensive campaign by the Germans, which was to bring the Allied troops back to Belgium. It is called battle of the Bulge since is created a "bulge in the Allies, although it didn't create a big enough one.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
This battle was on an island off Japan, where the United States landed and attacked. With this mission they were trying to land and destroy as much of Japan as possible to end the war. This eventually led bombing more of japan and ending the war. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt with the idea of an atomic bomb which then created the idea of the Manhattan Project. Before Harry S. Truman decided to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki,he decided to bomb New Mexico. With this the United States was trying to end the war with Japan while limit the total number of casualties.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
Liberation of concentration camp
This event is when the Allied troops were going around and liberating all the concentration camps that they found since they found it wrong to as what they were doing. They believed that the jewish did not deserve being in the camps because they didn't do anything. This ended up helping put an end to Hitler's camps.
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VE Day
On this day, germany called for a formal surrender and led to the end of the war. Everyone was glad when the end was officially over and celebrated in Great Britain and the United States. This day is called VE DAY for Victory in Europe Day.
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VJ Day
VJ day is when the Japan officially declared their surrender and ended the war. They decided to surrender since the United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki and were scared of what all American could actually do. This ended the war between Japan and U.S. and America won.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/v-j-day
