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Germany invaded Poland
the German-soviet pact of august 1939, which started that Poland was to be divided between the two powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of soviet intervention. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.
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Germany invaded France
German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and overcome France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 6 June 1944. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940 and seek an invasion of France.
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Germany bombed london
the Luftwaffe released a merciless bombing campaign against London and Britain's major cities. Instead of breaking morale, however, the raids only excited the will of the British people for the rest of the war -
Germany invaded the soviet union.
Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, in the largest German military operation of World War II.The destruction of the Soviet Union by military force, the endless removal of the realized Communist threat to Germany, and the seizure of prime land within Soviet borders for long-term German settlement had been core policy of the Nazi movement since the 1920s.
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operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the German code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which commenced on June 22, 1941.The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war.
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US gave Britain war supplies
During World War II, the United States began to provide important military supplies and others helped to the Allies in September 1940, even though the United States did not enter the war until December 1941. Much of this aid flowed to the United Kingdom and other nations already at war with Germany and Japan through a new program known as lease.
.https://www.rbth.com/defence/2016/03/14/lend-lease-how-american-supplies-aided-the-ussr-in-its-darkest-hour_575559 -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
President franklin Roose called December 7,1941,”a date which will live in infamy.” On this day, Japanese plane attacked the us naval base at Pearl Harbor. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans.it completely destroyed the American battleship us.
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Germany declared war on the us
There was an 88-minute long speech made by Hitler to the Reichstag's on December 11,1941,which was four days after the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, where he officially declared that Germany would join japan in the war against the USA.
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bataan death march
Bataan Death March refers to the forced march of of USA soldiers taken prisoners by Japanese in Philippines. On April 9, 1942 nearly 75,000 US and Filipino troops at Bataan Peninsula of surrendered to the Japanese.
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invasion of Normandy
The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Norman. its located on the northern coast of France, on 6 June 1944
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end of wwll
in the war , the united states dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki.They did this in order to end bring an end to the war The u.s. was successful but also killed many thousands of civilians as well as some american soldiers. -
japan in the battle of midway
On June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway, one of the most deciding U.S. victories in its war against Japan comes to an end. In the four-day sea and air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers with the loss of only one of its own, the Yorktown, thus reversing the tide against the previously invincible Japanese navy.
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Warsaw ghetto uprising
On April 19, 1943, the Germans under the command of SS General Juergen Stroop, began the final destruction of the ghetto and the deportation of the remaining Jews. The population of the ghetto, increased by Jews compelled to move in from nearby towns, was estimated to be over 400,000 Jews.
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liberation of concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war.On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners.
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battle of iwo jima
iwo jima was a major battle. the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. it took place because he US needed a place for fighter planes and bombers to land and take off when attacking Japan.
www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
