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Blitzkrieg
During Blitzkrieg, Germany overran the majority of Europe in a short span of time. Blitzkrieg used the force of powerful weapons such as tanks, planes, and artillery to force surrender upon the people. Blitzkrieg happened because Germany wanted to attack Poland. It caused many towns in Poland left on the ground in destruction.
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Battle of Britain
German and British air forces went to war in the skies over the UK. The Royal Air Force defended the UK against large scale attacks by the German Air Force. Battle of Britain is said to be the first military campaign fought only by air forces.
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Fall of France
The French and British were planning to declare war on Germany. Hitler invaded Belgium.
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Lend Lease Program
The Lend Lease Act provided the U.S. military aid to foreign nations during WWII. It authorized the president to to transfer weapons that the government paid and shipped it for the countries. It put the U.S. one step closer to entering the war.
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Germany Invades Soviet Union
The destruction of the Soviet Union due to the strong military force, the elimination of Communist threat Germany, and the land within the Soviet Union's borders for Germany's settlement has been core policy.
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Operation Barbarossa
This was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union. The operation stemmed for Germany's ideal aims to conquer west Soviet Union.
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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese wanted an empire, not peace. They wanted to expand the Asian empire, but only the U.S. stood in their way. The U.S. declared war on December 8th, 1941. In two hours of the war, 2403 were dead and 21 ships were damaged.
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U.S. Declares War on Germany and Japan
The United States declares war on Japan due to the the invasion at Pearl Harbor and on Germany.
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Bataan Death March
About 75,000 Filipino and American prisoners had to make a 65 mile march to prison camps. They were exposed to very harsh treatments at these camps. Masaharu was held accountable for starting this deadly march and was executed by a fire squad.
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Battle of Midway
The U.S. declared war on Japan in response to Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy beat the Japanese attack against Midway Atoll. The U.S. was able to crack Japan's planned ambush due to major advances in code breaking.
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
This was the act of Jewish resistance that came up within the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland during WWII. Germany's final effort to transport the rest of the ghetto population to Treblinka.
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D-Day
American troops and Allies landed in Normandy, France to begin the liberation of Western Europe. This invasion was one of the largest water military assaults in history.
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to create these concentration camp prisons. These camps stored thousands of harmed and ill prisoners. British, Canadian, American, and French freed the people from these camps.
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Battle of Bulge
This was Germany's last major offensive campaign on the Western Front during the time of WWII. This surprise caught the Allied forces in surprise and they were not prepared for it.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The invasion of Iwo Jima WWII showed that a base near the Japanese coast was needed. Armies and navy troops fought through caves, dugouts, and tunnels. The marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting and earned a place with the American lore.
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in 1945. This forced Japan to surrender and ultimately ended WWII.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
