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Germany Invades Poland
Germany used Blitzkrieg to attack and invade Poland. It took one week to invade Poland. Germany ended up splitting it with Russia. Britain and France declare war on the invasion. All of this starts World War II. (Class Notes) -
Germany Invades France
It was six weeks later when Germany had taken all of France. A major fall of Paris is including in this. France and Britain become crippled. Hitler starts to focus on Great Britain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/fall_france_01.shtml -
Battle of Britain Begins
This battle began after Hitler took over France as a whole. These bombings could occur anytime of the day and they caused mass panic in Britain from being scared of getting bombed. This battle mainly had Britain . This happened for 11 months. (Class Notes) -
Lend-Lease
At first they told their allies to come and get the supplies from them and pay the U.S. The lend-lease act allowed the U.S. to lend weapons to their allies, which at the time was Great Britain and France, and Great Britain was the only ally standing at the moment. This led them later on to sending supplies to Great Britain on their own ships for no cost. This led to more problems by having U.S. ships getting attacked by their enemy U-boats. (Class Notes) -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler sent three army groups. He also sent three million troops and 150 divisions and three thousand tanks. The invasion covered two thousand miles. This turned the tide of the war which when it failed it caused Germany to fight a two front war. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa -
Germany invades the Soviet Union
This event was nicknamed Operation Barbarossa. This was the largest German military operation of WWII. This invasion of Russia broke the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact that was signed in 1939. Germany's one objective was to kill all the Soviet Jews and crush the communist state as well. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
Japan bombing Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was started by a series of events. The event that caused Japan to attack Pearl Harbor was that the U.S. denied trading oil with Japan. At this time Japan was expanding their empire. They also wanted to knock out the United States' Pacific Fleet so that they can't enter the war for a long period of time. (Class Notes) -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March occurred after the surrender of the Americans of the Island of Luzon. Seventy five thousands Filipino and American troops were forced to march to prison camps. This march was a treacherous 65 miles. They marched through intense heat and brutal Japanese soldiers. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Battle of Midway
The U.S. knew about the Japanese ambush. They destroyed and/or damaged the few of their remaining aircraft carriers which made the Japanese Navy suffer. This was a huge victory in the Pacific for the U.S. This attack let the U.S. get into an offensive position against Japan. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
In just one month the Germans had crushed the uprising and deported the remaining people out of the ghetto. This uprising was caused when people inside the ghetto fought back against Nazi troops. The troops were going to deport its surviving inhabitants.https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005188 -
D-Day
Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. This was the start of the allied liberation of Europe. This was also the start to the liberation of France, which would later on be called the beginning of the end of the war. On this day 156,000 troops landed on a fifty mile stretch of beaches where the attacks were taken place.
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Battle of the Bulge
Hitler ordered his troops to split the allied forces. It was a surprise Blitzkrieg attacked and this caught the Americans by surprise. The allied forces held out in many different towns where the Germans tried to push through. This neutralized the German offense despite what was going on.
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
After the long war and as the allied forces began to push Hitler back they started to liberate concentration camps. Russia was the first to liberate a camp and they found evidence of mass murder and 6,000 prisoners still alive in the camp. As they were liberated the retreating Nazi's sent the prisoners on death marches to other camps. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131 -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Three U.S. Marine divisions landed on the island. This created an American amphibious invasion. The Japanese fought from dugouts, caves and tunnels. The Americans fought for a month and in the end became victorious. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
August 6, 1945 was the worlds first ever dropping of the atomic bomb in the town of Hiroshima. The bomb destroyed 90 percent of the town and immediately killed 80,000 people. Three days later the another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing 40,000 people. This led to Japan surrendering. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki -
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