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WW2
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German Blitzkreig
Disorganize enemy forces
make a quicker war
preserve soldier lives -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germany overtook Poland
Hitler claimed it was a defensive action
started WW2 -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked the naval station on Hawaii
Trade embargos
killed 2000+ American soldiers -
Bataan Death March
75000 Filipine and American soldiers made a 65 mile march to prison camps
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula
U.S. avenged the defeat with the invasion of Leyte -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Jews revolted against being departed to camps
they didn't want to die
inspired other revolts in other camps -
D-Day
American, British, and Canadian forces battled the Nazis
free Western Europe from Nazi Germany
called the beginning of the end of WW2 -
Battle of the Bulge
Nazi blitzkreig attempt
split the allied armies
neutralized Germany's defensive army -
Battle of Iwo JIma
America's naval invasion of Iwo Jima
America felt the need of a base near the Japanese coast
America took control of Iwo Jima -
Battle of Okinawa
last and biggest of the Pacific Island battles of WW2
control of the air bases necessary for the invasion of Japan
large amount of resources were used -
VE Day
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Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
end Japan from being able to fight in the war
ignited the cold war -
VJ Day
formal surrneder ceremony in Tokyo
news spread to Japan that the WW was ended
Truman declared that September 2nd be VJ Day
