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Japanese invasion of China (1937)
Japan invaded China to collect Iron and money to provide for the war. -
Germany's invasion of Poland (1939)
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. Hitler wanted to show power by reclaiming the lost land of Poland. -
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German Blitzkrieg (1939-1940)
Blitzkrieg, or “The Lightning War” It was used to overwhelm Countries with lots of short but powerful attacks -
German Blitzkrieg (1939-1940)
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Operation Barbarossa (1941)
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union Germany was therefore known as the strongest army -
Pearl Harbor (1941)
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
December 7, 1941, The Japanese attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. -
Wannsee Conference (1942)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-wannsee-conference
It was the meting where the people choose what they should do with the Jewish population. -
Operation Gomorrah (1943)
It was a risky move but the U.S choose to bomb by day and not by night to get better bombing accuracy. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion - 1944)
The invitation was set to free western France form Germany. it was the largest invasion in history. it lasted almost 2 months. -
Thunderclap
in 1944 and never completed. The plan envisaged a massive attack on Berlin that would cause 110,000 to be killed, many of them German, which would shatter German government.http://ww2today.com/13-february-1945-operation-thunderclap-raf-start-firestorm-in-dresden -
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
The island of Iwo Jima was taken from the Japanese Army during The battle of Iwo Jima the battle lasted This was the battle that the famos flag raising took place . months.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Victory in Europe Day,
Victory in Europe Day, The day that the war with Europe was won and cerebrated. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Dropping of the atomic bombs (1945)
The US dropped the atomic bombs on japan to end the war this lead to thousands of deaths and the end of the war with japan. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-is-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VJ day (1945)
A term to celebrate the victory of the end of the war with japan and Germany.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day -
Battle of the Bulge (1945)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge
It was a battle where Germany sent a whole fleat into the weakest point in our army. we lost many lives the battle lasted 3 weeks -
Battle of Okinawa (1945)
It was the biggest and the last battle during the pacific war. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa
