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German Blitzkrieg (September 1, 1939 - September 7, 1940)
On Sep.1 1939, Germany invaded Poland which is marked as the start of Blitzkrieg. In June 21, 1940, France wanted peace between them and Germany so they gave three-fifths of there land to Germany. In the biggest ironies, Hitler wanted the agreement to be signed in the same railway car that was in the defeat at the end of WWI. A couple weeks later, , Hitlers army (Wehrmacht) dominated over Frances army due to them having a overall higher skilled and organized military. From WWII BBC -
Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor which caused U.S. to join WW2. Pearl HaRbor is our most important naval bases and because of this, U.S. immediately declared war on Japan. This was because the League of Nations judged Japan as unfairly taking Chinese territory which caused Japan to leave the league in March 1933. Japan grew an army stronger than americas and were a threat to them. Japan tried taking more territory China later but U.S. helped and stopped Japans oil. -
Wannsee Conference (January 20, 1942)
15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. This was to plan what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question". From WW2 in Europe. -
D-Day (June 6, 1944)
D-Day is known was the beginning of the end to World War 2. This was from the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in northern France by troops from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries during the war. France won even though a lot of their troops were killed. From WWII History.com -
Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944)
This was a last minute decision by Germany's military to counter-offensive against the allied armies in the West. Hitler hoped that this would cause them to surround British and American armies and stall the Allied offensive against Germany. This failed and there were 100,000 deaths and a high loss of military equipment. This was also the last major German military offensive in western Europe. From WWII In Pacific -
Liberation of concentration camps (April 14, 1945)
A British soldier named Peter Combs who witnessed the liberation of Belsen (one of the concentration camps). He wrote about what he saw in a letter to his wife at this time. People were in very poor conditions and were so starved that they looked like skeletons. 300 jews died a day and nothing could save them from the camp. From Second World War -
VE Day (May 8, 1945)
(Victory in Europe day) was a celebrated day of Germany's surrender and winning the war in Europe. Streets were filled with celebration and huge crowds flooding it. From WWII In Europe -
Dropping of atomic bombs (August 6th, 1945)
The droppings of the first two atomic bombs were target on Japan's Hiroshima. About 70,000 of its citizens were killed and 7000 were severely injured from the explosion. Many other died from the permanent effects from the bombs. From Second World War History -
VJ Day (September 2nd, 1945)
Japan surrender on one of our battleships (USS Missouri). This caused the ending WW2 after the Japanese leaders signed the official surrender. From Second World War History