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Germany's invasion of Poland
-Germany invaded from the west, and the Soviet Union invaded from the east
-They planned to divide Poland
-Great Britain and France declare war on Germany -
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German Blitzkrieg
-Military tactic used to create disorganization among the enemies
-Results in short military campaigns
-Preserved human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery -
Fall of Paris
-German invasion of France
-Germany wanted to quickly destroy France army
-Germans launched Case Red or Fall Rot -
Pearl Harbor
-Japanese Navy attacked American Naval Base
-Japanese intended to destroy American fleet units
-20 American ships, 300 airplanes destroyed, 2,403 people died -
Battle of Stalingrad
-Germans fought the Soviet Union
-Stalin ordered for the city to be saved
-German forces never recovered strength and fighting morale -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
-Churchill, FDR, and Eisenhower planned a land invasion of France
-So they could get more land
-Battle of the Bulge started -
Battle of the Bulge
-Last major German offensive on the Western Front during WWII
-Attempt to push the Allies back from German home territory
-German lost so many resources, they couldn't launch another attack -
Battle of Iwo Jima
-United States captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese
-US needed a place for fighter planes and bombers to land and take off when attacking Japan -
Battle of Okinawa
-Major battle fought by Americans and Japanese on the island of Okinawa
-Americans wanted to win the war in the Far East
-100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 Allie casualties -
VE Day
-Allies celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany
-Germans offered complete surrender to Allies
-Celebration for the end of Hitler's Reich -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
-American dropped a bomb over a Japanese city
-To bring the war to a speedy end
-80,000 people died -
VJ Day
-The day Japan ceased fighting in WWII
-Celebrating the surrender of Japan
-Celebrate Victory over Japan Day
