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Germany invaded Poland, setting off war in Europe. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the Baltic nations. (German Blitzkrieg)
At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. -
Germany invaded France and captured paris.
he Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. led by the Nazi party. -
Germany bombed London. and the battle of Britain began
An air battle for England. military campaign of the second world war. ended in June 1940. -
The United States gave Britain war supplies and old naval warships in return for military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean (Lend Lease).
Proposed in late 1940 and passed in March 1941, the Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. It authorized the president to transfer arms or any other defense materials for which Congress appropriated money to “the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States. -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad, marking the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
The destruction of the Soviet Union by military force, the permanent elimination of the perceived 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. it was an act of Adolf hitler -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
a surprise military attack by japan bombed in the pearl harbor river which lead the U.S to enter the war. -
After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Germany declared war on the United States. The United States declared war on Japan and Germany.
four days after pearl harbor Germany declared war on the U.S. and the united states declared war against the Japanese empire. when the Nazis declared war on us. -
The United States was victorious over Japan in the Battle of Midway. This victory was the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
one of our most victorious battle ended. the battle of midway, the U.S was victorious. and the Japanese bounced back and destroyed the U.S. Pacific Fleet -
American and other Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, on D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe.
This day was called d-day. allies landed around 156,000 troops in Normandy. And 15,500 airborne troops. -
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in 1945, forcing Japan to surrender and ending World War II.
in august of 1945 the united states ended the war in a very graphic way. the united states dropped two atomic bombs to end ww2. one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki.
