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German Blitzkrieg
BlitzKrieg or lighting war is a battle strategy use by the German forces during the early stages of world War Two using fast moving force using tanks that crush the unequipped polish forces Information from https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
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Phony war
Its a war where nothing happen
fought between Germany, France, and Britain no fight happen at all between this countries -
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Opreation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the invasion of the USSR. Germany with 3 Million soilders on June 22, 1941 crossing the border into the USSR. Germany was able to get close to Moscow because of the battle tactic called blitzkrieg and the Russia not being ready for a invasion. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Attack on pearl harbor was surprise attack from the Japanese navy on the USA naval base and airfield on Hawaii. The attack was lead by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the japanese navy. This attack cause USA to enter World War 2 Information for https://www.history.com/search?q=pearl%20harbor -
The Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference it where Nazi officials meet at the Wannsee conference villa in Wannsee that conference formalized a Nazi policy that starts the extermination of jewish people in Europe. Information from https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/how-and-why/how/the-wannsee-conference/ -
The Bataan Death March
The Bataan death march happen after the USA was defeated in the Battle of Bataan which starts the death march with about 70,000 American and Filipino pow. Which they had to march about 65 miles with abusing Japanese soldiers through a peninsula to railhead inland -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway is a major defeat for the Japanese navy. They lost four main carriers by the USA navy the carriers the Japanese lost where the Akgai, Kaga, Sōryu, and Hiryü -
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Battle of stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad was the most deadliest battle in history with about 2 million Civilians, German, Russian soldiers killed. The Russian lost the most casualties, but Germany lost the battle and failed to take the city and the German 6th army was encircled and destroyed. This battle had a lot of close fighting and a lot of house to house combat. Germans attack Stalingrad because the industrial capacities and be able to take control of the Volga River. -
D-day
D-day was the allied invasion of France, It take place in normandy beaches . The beaches that allies landed on was Utah, Omaha, Gold, Sword, and Juno.The Landings started around 6:30am and the USA land on Utah and Omaha, British got Gold and Sword and Canada got Juno. Omaha was the deadliest beach head. -
First Liberation of Concentration camps
The first liberation of a concentration camp was by the Russian.
Majdanek was the first camp the Russian got in Poland -
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Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge was the last german offensive on the western front. The offensive was Germany last push to drive the allied out of France. The german push into the Ardennes with 30 german divisions try to repeat what did did to French and British in 1940. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jima was a difficult fought battle between the USMC and Japanese army. After the USMC was island hopping go island to island they reach Iwo Jima about 750 mile from the coast of japan. The island had three airfield making it a key point for the US to take. The island was close to japan to help with the invasion of japan if it did happen. About 28,000 thousand soldiers died for both side. -
Battle of Colonge
Battle of Cologne was one of the only video where there was a tank battle. It toke place in the city of cologne in Germany. Go to this link to watch the video
The WW2 Tank Battle Caught On Film! (WW2 Documentary). When the 3rd Armored Division was in the city of Cologne over two day fighting. In the footage the was two Shermans that got knock out by a Panther tank armed with a 7.5cm gun then a M26 Pershing armed with a 90mm cannon. -
VE - Day
VE day is victory in Europe after Germany surrender with everyone celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
On the 6 of August the B-29 Superfortess flow over the city Hiroshima in Japan dropping the atomic bomb call the Little Boy that level the city and killing 80,000 people. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Three days later another B-29 Superfortess flow over Nagasaki dropping another nuclear bomb called the Fat Man. -
VJ - Day
VJ day is when the Japan surrender to the USA abroad the USS Missouri in the Tokyo Bay. This a day where in the USA celebrated the victory.