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Blitz Krieg
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action. To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people.
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Germany invaded France.
Germans began their final push against France by June 12, German tanks had broken through the main fronts along the Somme River and the fortified Maginot Line, moving ever closer to their goal, Paris
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The battle of Britain began
German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom. A significant turning point of World War II. It was the last step for Hitler in order to take over Europe.
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Lend lease
The United states gave Britain war supplies and old naval warships in return for military bases. The act permitted the United States to support its war interests without being overextended in battle. It also enabled the British to keep fighting until events led America into the conflict.
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Germany invaded The soviet Union
Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. the Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad, making the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
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Operation Barbarossa
Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. the Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad, making the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and over 300 airplanes. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, but Japan and the United States had been edging toward war for decades because of trades.
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Germany declared war on The United States
Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States. Hitler convinced japan to go into war against The United States. Because of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, The United Staes declared war on Japan. The failure of the New Deal, argued Hitler, was the real cause of the war, as President Roosevelt, supported by plutocrats and Jews, attempted to cover up for the collapse of his economic agenda
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the battle of midway
the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. The United States wanted to make permanent damages on the Japanese navy. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.
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Bataan death March
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese. Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged an armed revolt against deportations to extermination camps. The Warsaw ghetto uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German-occupied Eastern Europe.
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American troops and allied landed in Normandy on D-day
American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans
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The United States dropped atomic bombs in Japan
an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki. After that ww2 was over.
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Battle of the bulge
Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance
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Liberation of concentration camps
As Allied troops moved across Europe in a series of offensives against Nazi Germany, they began to encounter tens of thousands of concentration camp prisoners.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. the battle earned a place in American lore.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
