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German Blitzkrieg Germany invaded Poland setting off war in Europe. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the Baltic nations.
It was a German term for "lighting war". They used this because it was a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces. They captured Poland fast.
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Germany invaded France and captured Paris.
Germany wanted more power. After defeating the French army on May 10th they moved into Paris to occupy it.
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Battle of Britain
Germany bombed London which angered them, the Battle of Britain began. The first attack on London was successful, and then the second on the 15th was not as Germany suffered from losses. Also, British appeared in big numbers shooting down Germans. Hitler permanently postponed a landing on the British Isles and suspended the Battle of Britain.
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Lend Lease Act
The Lend Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S military aid to foreign nations during World War 2. By allowing the transfer of supplies without compensation to Britain, China, and the Soviet union and other countries, the act permitted the US to support war interests without being in the battle to much.
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Germany Invades Soviet Union
Under the name of operation "Barbarossa", the Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union. Germany was defeated at Stalingrad, marking the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
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Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. Nazi Germany confronted a two front war that it could not win.
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan got angry with the US for cutting off their oil supply. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans in the Hawaii Territory. It completely destroyed the American battle ship U.S.S. The US decided to join the war the next day and declare war on Japan instead of remaining isolated.
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Germany declared war on the United States
Four days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the US declared war on Japan, Nazi Germany declared war again the United States. This was for Germany to gain more power,
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Bataan Peninsula
After the US surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War 2, approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65 mile march to prison camps. Thousands of them perished.
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Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War 2. US was able to counter Japans planned ambush of its few air craft carriers and put permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. This was a turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Resident of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi occupied Warsaw, Poland< staged an armed revolt against deportation to extermination camps. The Warsaw ghetto uprising inspired other revolts throughout the German occupied eastern Europe.
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D- Day Code named Operation Overlord
The battle known as D Day was when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on 5 beaches heavily occupying the coast of France's Normandy region. This was initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe form Germany.
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Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet Soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camo prisoners in the final stages of the war. They found hundreds of sick and dead prisoners. Allied troops physicians and relief workers tried to provide nourishment and aid to the survivors.
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Battle of The Bulge
A major German offensive is launched against the Allies in the Ardennes Mountain region on the Western Front. Germany lost with a shortage of necessities.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Atomic bombs dropped on Japan
The US dropped two Atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki resulting in an Allied victory. This ended in killing over 50,000 people in Japan
