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Germans invade Poland
1.5 million German troops invade Poland, German controlled territory. The German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfeields, German warships and u boats attacked Polish naval forces in the baltic sea. To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum, or living space for German people. Possibility that the USSR would come to Poland's aid, Germany sighned a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union. Persecution of German speakers Imminent attack. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-i -
Wannsee conference
Heydrich met with Adolf Eichmann, the chief of the Central Office of Jewish Emigration. The agenda was to devise a plan that would rendar a Final Solution. Transporting Jews to concentration camps in Poland, working them to death. Nazis illed 1,000's of Jews a day in Poland as part f the Final Solution.
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter plans attacked the U.S navel base at Pearl Harbor. They destroyed 20 American vessels, 8 battleships and more than 300 airplanes. American soldiers died and nearly 1000 wounded. U.S Navy was able to rebound relatively quickly from the attack. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Bataan death match
75,000 Filipino and American troops were forced to make an horrible 65-mile march to prison camps. After the Pearl Harbor attack, the apanese invasion of the Philippines began. The Japanese comander was held responsible for the death march, a war crime. Gen. MacrAthur pomised to return to the Philippines, and made good on his word. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Battle of midway
Navy carriers, aircraft, ships and personnel take their positions on and around Midway. Four Japanese carriers are bombed and sunk by day's end. The U.S.S Yorktown finally succumbs to its damages and is sunk. No way for the United States to win this.
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Battle of stalingrad
General Alfred Jod reflected on the Führer's style. Hitler He was a man who saw fighting only in terms of the utmost brutality. were not enough available men of military age in Germany to make up for the losses already experienced in Russia. Senior strategists urged the Führer to take Stalingrad first using all available resources, then go for the oil fields.http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/defeat/catastrophe-stalingrad.htm -
Warsaw ghetto uprising
The Nazis had established the ghetto two and a half years earlier. The ghetto was like prision and were force their. Germans made it their policy to keep the inhabitants on the verge of starvation. Forced the Jews to work to operate the new workshops in the getto. several thousand Jews had been buried in the debris, and more than 56,000 had been captured.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/peopleevents/pandeAMEX103.html -
D-Day
During WW2 the Battle of Normandy lasted from June 1944 to August 1944. This is when 156,000 British and Canadian forces landed five beaches along a 50mile stretch.Invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assults in history. Allies conducted a large scale deception campaign. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Battle of lwo jima
American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima, World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast.Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops.Americans raising the flag over Mount Suribachi at the southwest corner of Iwo.the entire garrison was wiped out. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
VE Day
both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Germans surrendered to their Soviet antagonists. The Russians took approximately 2 million prisoners before. The 9 of May the Soviets would lose 600 more soldiers.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Battle of Okinawa
Started with all major combat operations. Pacific campaign crossed all over the Pacific. American invasion force in order to display Japanese enthusiasm for the defense of its home territory.Fortunately for the Allies, There were no additional adversaries or a significant naval presence to threaten the invasion. https://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/2012/11/okinawa-final-great-battle-world-war-ii -
Liberation of concentration camps
Six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, well over three million perished. Camps were also places of appalling suffering and death. Had remained intact and, The normal brutal standards of the Nazis. These conditions made No.1 Camp a breeding ground for disease. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
An American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world’s first atom bomb, over city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result. Hiroshima city government had put hundreds of schoolgirls to work clearing fire lanes. There were so many spontaneous fires set as a result of the bomb. Lost many of their buildings because of the bomb attack.https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.history.com/s3static/video-thumbnails/AETN-History_VMS/21/205/tdih-aug06-HD_720x406-1 -
VJ Day
Announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. Japan’s ally Germany then declared war on the United States. President Harry S. Truman announced news of Japan’s surrender in a press conference at the White House. Bill Clinton referred not to V-J Day but to the End of the Pacific War. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day -
Battle of the bulge
Germans launch the last major offensive of the war. Allies believed the Ardennes to difficult to traverse. Battle raged for weeks the results was a total loss. 80,000 people where hurt captured or died.The war didn't end until American aircraft bombed and strafe german positions.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
