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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was the ightining war, it was based upon military speed and suprise, This war was to create terror and panic among the people. In the result of this war Sedan, than fell. -
Fall of Paris
The Nazis went through the Ardennes Forest, it was a deep thick forest. France, did not think the nazis would attempt to go through here so they didn't arm it. The Nazis then tried to take over.
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Pearl Harbor
This war was a raid without any warning. They bombed and destroyed four ships, then damaging four more within a couple of hours. Pearl Harbor happened because of constant conflict and rivalry between the Japanse and Americans. The outcome was catastropic resulting in the Americas seeking revenge on Japan. -
Wannsee Conference
Members of the Nazi party met in Wannsee for a hidden meeting. They were discussing the ridence of Jews. They then went to houses of the Jews and evacuated to camps.
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Bataan Death March
Over 70,000 americans surrendered to the Japanesse. They then lead the prisoners on a "Death March". Almost 11,000 never made it to the camp without food and water.
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Warsaw Ghetto uprising
This was when Jews in the ghettos tried to arm themselves against the German Nazis. They had heard that Germans had been deporting jews in railroad. They had almost 100 groups.
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Allied Invasion of Italy
They believed an invasion would completely remove Italy. It was trying to be avoided. They then decided to invade.
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
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Battle of the Bulge
German troops went out in a war that seemed to bulge. This happened because this was the Nazis last war attempt in WW2
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Battle of lwo Jima
United States Marienes went and bombed Lwo Jima. U.S. was trying to clear land. It resulted in capturing over 200 Japanssee people. Most of them died.
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
Many troops spread around going against the Germans. In which they found thousands of people in Concentration camps. The Germans tried to hide the fact that they had even existed. The Soviets then liberated and freed all prisoners from the camps.
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VE Day
It marked the ending of Hitlers war. This happened after Hitler commited suicide. This made the Germans surrender.
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Potsdam Declaration
This was telling the terms of the Japanesse surrender. They monitored the people of Japan until everything was done. They basically had to so they could get the Americans off of their backs.
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Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Harry Truman though that ending the war was in his hands because of the dropping of atomic bombs. He droped a bomb killing instantly 70,000 people. After that 100,000 died from burns in the following months.
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VJ Day
This day marks the surrender of the Japanese. This happened because of the atomic bomb that killed their people. This killed almost 30,000 british people.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/vj-day-in-numbers-key-facts-and-figures-as-world-marks-the-end-of-second-world-war-10456970.html
