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Germany invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Nazi propagandists had falsely claimed that Poland had been planning to encircle and dismember Germany. Hitler had used his new strategy called blitzkrieg. This invasion was the spark of World War 2.
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Germany invades France
The Germans invaded France and defeated their army. The French government departed Paris on June 10, and the Germans occupied the city on June 14. During the Occupation, the French Government moved to Vichy, and Paris was governed by the German military and by French officials approved by the Germans.
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Battle of Britain
On July 10, 1940, Germany had bombed London which caused the battle of Britain. The Battle of Britain was an all airplane battle and Britain's first victory. This battle is known as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces.
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Lend Lease
The lend lease was an American program to defeat Germany by giving foreign countries supplies, such as food, oil and weapons. The United States gave Britain war supplies and old naval warships in return for military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean.
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Germany invades the Soviet Union
This invasion is also known as operation Barbarossa. Germany wanted to repopulate the Soviet Union with Germans. German forces had victories and occupied important economic areas of the Soviet Union and inflicted, heavy casualties. This invasion marked a turning point in both the history of World War II and the Holocaust.
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Operation Barbarossa
The original name is Operation Fritz and its a code name for Germany invading the Soviet Union. The operation stemmed from Nazi Germany's idea to conquer the western Soviet Union so that it could be repopulated by Germans. They wanted to use Slavs as a slave-labor force for the Axis war effort, and to seize the oil reserves of the agricultural resources of Soviet territories.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor because the U.S. had cut off their oil supply. During the attack, 2,403 men were killed and many were injured. This attack had caused the United States to join World War 2.
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Germany declares on the U.S. and the U.S. declares war on Germany and Japan
Four days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany had declared war against the U.S. Hitler had declared war upon the U.S. which caused the U.S. to declare war on Germany. Hitler was convinced that the United States would soon beat him to the punch and declare war on Germany. Hitler hated FDR because he didn't agree with his Nazi party.
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Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese Army forced American and Filipino prisoners to march 65 miles from Mariveles, on the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, to San Fernando. Thousands of prisoners had died because of starvation or being beat to death. America avenged its defeat in the Philippines with the invasion of the island of Leyte in October 1944.
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Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, an all naval battle took place. The battle of Midway was known as the turning point of World War 2. This fleet engagement between U.S. and Japanese navies in the north-central Pacific Ocean resulted from Japan’s desire to sink the American aircraft carriers that had escaped destruction at Pearl Harbor.
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was when German authorities deported or murdered around 300,000 Jews. SS and police units deported 265,000 Jews to the Treblinka killing center and 11,580 to forced-labor camps. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/warsaw-ghetto-uprising -
liberation of western Europe
The Battle of Normandy resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Germany’s control. The battle, D-Day, is when 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. This was know as the biggest amphibious battle in history.
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Battle of the Bulge
Hitler attempted to split the allied powers with his technique called Blitzkrieg. As the Germans drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle’s name. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Liberation of concentration camps
American forces had liberated concentration camps, such as, Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau, Flossenbürg, Dachau, and Mauthausen. The U.S. liberated them because of the mass murder of Jews and America wanted to help the Jews who survived. The Liberation of the concentration camps exposed the cruelty of Germans. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/liberation-of-nazi-camps -
Battle of Iwo Jima
It was a battle in which the U.S. landed on Iwo Jima and they eventually captured it. This battle lasted for five weeks and 21,000 Japanese men had been killed and almost 7,000 marines. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
The U.S. bombs Japan
On August 6, 1945, the U.S. had dropped two bombs on the cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This attack killed 129,000–226,000 people, most victims were civilians. The two bombs were Little boy and fat man. Six days after the U.S. bombed Japan, Japan had surrendered to the U.S.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
