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The Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland to get some land back. They had a plan called "blitzkrieg" which was just to bomb them over and over again so that they don't have any more airforce, railroads, and communication. -
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the first to be fought completely in the air. It was between Britain and Germany. The Royal Airforce ended up beating the Nazis. -
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
On the morning of December 7th, Japan sent fighter planes to Pearl Harbor and destroyed 8 battleships and over 300 airplanes. 2,400 were killed and 1,000 were injured. The day afterward the president declared war on Japan. -
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a battle between the American Navy and the Japanese Navy that lasted 6 months. The Japanese ended up losing roughly 3,000 men while the U.S. lost about 360 men. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between the Russians and The Germans. It is known as the longest, largest, and bloodiest battle in modern warfare. About 2 million where killed including thousands of Russian civilians. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was an operation where the Allies invaded the French in North Africa. The Britians wanted the victory. -
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program
This was an international group whose job was to protect cultural property. Their jobs were to find and identify art or cultural resources that the Nazis took and return them to the original owner. -
The Battle of Kursk
Kursk was a city in Russia that belonged to the Soviets. After the Germans lost in the battle of Stalingrad they believed that this was the last way to regain dominance. -
D-Day
D-Day was when America, Canada, and Britain invaded the beaches of Normandy, which at the time was being run by Nazis. -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was Germany's last attempt at splitting up the Allies (America, Britain, France) but the Germans failed. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a battle on the coast of Japa between the U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan. It lasted 5 weeks and all but about 200 of the 21,000 Japanese were killed and so were 7,000 marines. The Americans had the victory. -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was one of the final attacks on Japan from the U.S. It resulted in a lot of loses on both sides and an Allied win. -
The Death of FDR
FDR had a blood pressure of 300/190 on April 12th. His last words were "I have a terrific pain in the back of my head." he passed away from a cerebral hemorrhage. -
The Death of Adolf Hitler
The Soviets were above Hitler while he was in a bunker searching for him. He ended up finding out that the person he looked up to had been killed by an angry mob. Later the same day he committed suicide next to his wife. -
Atomic Bombing Nagasaki
After we hit Japan With Hiroshima another American B-29 flew over and dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki killing another 40,000 people. Making their emperor surrender over the radio. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
On August 6th during WWII an American B-29 Bomber flew up and over Japan and dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima killing 80,000 people.