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Invasion of Poland
Hitler was seeking to regain lost land for ultimate rule over poland. He bombed from the air and ground, know as a blitzkrieg strtegy. The soviet union also played part in this invasion and they ended up with 3/5 of poland with 13 million people -
Invasion of France
German trops rolled into france announcing cerfew at 8 and within time Two million people fled the scence. French troops withdrew to avoid the distruction of paris and were belived to take defence south of the city. -
Germany bombs London
Germany Air bombed London than following for 57 more consecutavie nights. A dog fight developed over london and the overall bombs killed 430 civillians injuring 1600. -
Lend-Lease Act
The principle of the act was to allow the US to provide aid to England while avoiding contact in the War itself. It is said that the act brought us closer to war, as taft stated "give the President power to carry on a kind of undeclared war all over the world, in which America would do everything except actually put soldiers in the front-line trenches where the fighting is" -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Before 8 am japanese planes bombed pearl harbor destroying and damaging nearly 20 American Vessels, 8 battle ships and over 300 planes. The attack killed 2,400 Americans and wounded 1,000 -
Declaration of war on Japan and Germany
Germany declared war on the united states dec. 11 and soon later the United states declared war on Japan and germany. FDR made a 10 minute speech and signed the papers 4:10 pm while wearing a black armband to symbolize mourning for those lost on Pearl Harbor. -
Victory over Japan in the Battle of Midway
The US pacific fleet was outnumbered and yet succeded in destroying 4 japanese aircrafts only lossing one. Two U.S. attack fleets surprised the Japanese fleet, destroying all four of Yamamoto’s aircraft carriers and thus signalling the beginning of the end of Japanese hegemony in the Pacific. -
Battle of Stalingard
The Nazi Army bombed the Soviet Union causing one of the bloodiest battles in history. The Soviet Union attacks threated to envelop german forces. In the end the Nazis lost which was a big humiluation to hitler -
D-Day
American, British, and canadian troops landed on 5 beachs (156,00) This invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Conucting a large scale deception campaign -
Atomic Bomb Dropped
The united states became the first and only nation to use this nuclear weaponry. President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to an imediate end. The bomb killed 80,000 people immediatly following tens of thousands more that died after the bomb dropping.
