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the rise of Hitler
Hitler went ahead with his plans to unify all German-speaking people. He annexed Austria then demanded the liberation of German people in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Neville Chamberlain flew to Germany to attempt a settlement before war broke out. -
blitzkreig
Hitler launched his blitzkrieg (lightning war) against Holland and Belgium. Rotterdam was bombed almost to extinction. Both countries were occupied. -
battle of the Atlantic
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battle of Britain
he Battle of Britain comprised four phases:
1. During July Hitler sent his Luftwaffe bombers to attack British ports. 2. During August the attacks on shipping continued but bombing raids were concentrated on RAF airfields. 3. The Blitz from September 7th the city of London was heavily bombed. 4. Night Bombing – With the failure of daylight bombing raids Hitler began a series of nightly bombing raids on London and other important industrial cities. -
pearl harbor
The Japanese, who were already waging war against the Chinese, attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, as a preliminary to taking British, French and Dutch colonies in South East Asia. -
wannsee conference
15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question. -
The Dieppe Raid
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battle of midday
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the Italian campaign
The Italian Campaign was a series of Allied beach landings and land battles from Sicily and southern Italy up the Italian mainland toward Nazi Germany. -
battle of bulge
Germany launched its final defensive through the Ardennes region of Belgium. However, they were beaten back by the allies. -
d day
The allies launched an attack on Germany’s forces in Normandy, Western France. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches. The Germans who had been fed false information about a landing near Calais, rushed troops to the area but were unable to prevent the allies from forming a solid bridgehead. For the allies it was essential to first capture a port. over 425,000 people died. -
battle of iwo jima
The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Following elaborate preparatory air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. -
ve day
was the public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
droping the atomic bombs
The Japanese generals refused to surrender. The US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Hiroshima.The US dropped an atomic bomb on the island of Nagasaki as the Japanese had not surrendered following Hiroshima. -
vj day
It was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as Victory over Japan day -
liberation of concentration camps