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Germany's Invasion of Poland
In September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was quickly defeated within weeks of the invasion. Germany had attacked Poland without the intervention of the Soviet Union. -
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German Blitzkrieg (1939-1940)
The Blitzkrieg,aka "Lighting War", was a German strategy that will defeat the opponent in a short time. This was successful for the Germans because they defeated 9 countries with the strategy. The countries that lost wasPoland (attacked in September 1939), Denmark (April 1940), Norway (April 1940), Belgium (May 1940), the Netherlands (May 1940), Luxembourg (May 1940), France (May 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), and Greece (April 1941). They went against Russia with this strategy in June 22,1941. -
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Operation Barbarossa (1941)
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's Invasion of the Soviet Union. Hitler wanted to conquer the Soviet Union's territory. Around 4 million soldiers from axis powers invaded the Soviet Union including 600,000 motor vehicles and between 600,000 and 700,00 horses. -
Pearl Harbor (1941)
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a suprise attack by the Japanese Navy. The Japanese Navy attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor with military strikes. 2,403 Americans killed and 1,178 wounded and etcetera. This attack had made a big impact on the US because it cause them to join the world war. -
Wannsee Conference (1942)
The Wansee Conference a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany and was held in Berlin suburb of Wannsee. On January 20,1942, The Wannsee Conference was how the exterminate the Jews and how where the going to do it. There was 15 people attended and 8 held academic doctorates. -
Operation Gomorrah (1943)
Operation Gomorrah was a Allied bombing of Hamburg and which had a alot of strategic missions and diversions or nuisance raids. On the last week of Operation Gomorrah,created one of the largest firestorm by the Royla Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces in WW2. Overall had killed around 42,000 civilians and wounding 37,000 people and which nearly destroyed Hamburg. -
D-Day (1944)
D-Day was a famous battle that carry thoughout WW2. D-Day is when the Allied forces went to the invade Normandy. About 160,000 Allied Soldiers landed on the beach while Germany was trying to not let them get pass them. -
Operation Thunderclap (1944)
Operation Thunderclap was a code for a cancelled operation. The operation they cancelled was about a massive attack on Berlin causing around 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed. -
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Battle of the Bulge (1944-1945)
Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign that was launched. This battle was a suprise attack on the Allied Forces. The estimate of casualties is around 80k and 90k. -
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle that the US Marines had won. The US took over the island Iwo Jima after their victory. Also known as the War in the Pacific and it was one of the most bloodiest battles. Americans lost 6,821 soldiers and Japanese lost 17k to 19k soldiers. -
Battle of Okinawa (1945)
The Battle of Okinawa, codename Operation Iceberg, was a series of battles in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands.
