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Germany invades Poland
Who: The Germans invaded Polish
Where: Poland
What: Poland was defeated within a few weeks because the Germans attack was just too fierce for them.
Why: Germans wanted to gain France. Poland lost because they were just not prepared for the attack. -
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Battle of Britian
Who: Germans vs. British
Where: Fought in Britian
What: It was a series of air battles between Germany and Britian. The Germans lost 2300 aircraft and 900 RAF.
Why: It was the first major failure/loss of the Germans in WW2. -
Lend Lease Act
Who: Franklin Roosevelt, US, and Allies
Where: FDR signed it in the US
What: Lended arms and other supplies to the countries whose defense was important to the US.
Why: To help other countries fight with the US and take out the Axis powers. -
Germany declares war on US
Who: Hitler and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Where: Germany and US
What: American destroyers attacked German submarines which caused tension between Germany and the US. The Germans then declared war on us.
Why: It was the start of the great WW2. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Who: Russians vs. the Germans
Where: Stalingrad
What: The German Army took a huge defeat in trying to conquer the Red shirts, 2 million casualties were lost between the Axis powers and Soviets.
Why: it was the turning point of WW2, Germans were in full retreat after this battle. -
Battle of Alamein
Who: Germany vs. Great Britian
Where: 150 miles west of Cairo, Eygpt
What: Germany and Great Britian fought in the desert of Northern Africa. Great Britian's victory lead to the Germans surrender in North Africa in May 1943.
Why: It was significant because Germany no longer controled Northern Africa. -
Allies Land in Italy
Who: Italian government, Mussolini, Allied forces
Where: Sicily, Italy
What: The Italian government surrendered to the Allied forces, which lead to less power of the Italian dictator.
Why: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini no longer was in power. -
D day invasion
Who: Allies vs. Germans
Where: French coastline in Normady, France
What: Brought together land and sea forces of Allied armies an they fought a very bloody battle. It was the largest invasion force in history.
Why: Within a year Hitler committed suicide, and the war ended. D day sparked the Germans surrender.
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Battle of the Bulge
Who: Germans and the Allied Powers.
Where: 80 mile front running from Southern Belgium through the Ardennes Forest.
What: It was the last major Nazi offensive force against the Allies.
Why: Hitler wanted to split the Allied Powers up while the Allies were heading towards Germany, and to destroy the Allies ability to supply themselves with enough weapons/soliders. -
Yalta Conference
Who: Joseph Stalin, Churchill, FDR
Where: Yugoslavia
What: it was a conference about splitting up Germany into four seperate parts, since they lost the war.
Why: Now the Germans are less of a threat because they are now 4 seperate parts instead of one whole evil nation. -
FDR dies
Who: Franklin Roosevelt
Where: Warm Springs, Georgia
What: FDR passed away after 4 great terms in office from cerebral hemorrhage.
Why: Roosevelt got the country out of the Depression with the new deal, and was president during most of world war 2. -
Hitler Suicide
Who: Hitler
Where: Führerbunker, Berlin
What: He committed suicide 50 feet below the Chancellery buildings in Berlin after he blamed the loss on the jews and realized the Germans had lost the war.
Why: It proved that the Germans had no chance and that his Reich was a failure. -
Germany Surrenders
Who: Hitler, General Eisenhower, and Germans
Where: Berlin, Germany
What: Hitler blamed the Jews for the loss in the war after they were defeated by the Soviet Union. A week later, Eisenhower accepted the surrender.
Why: It ended the war in Europe and peace was achieved!
