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German Invasion of Poland
The German-Soviet Pact of August 1939, Which stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the 2 powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. The Polish army was defeated within weeks- Ushmm.org
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Battle of the Atlantic
Was the longest continuous Military campaign in World War II, We defeated the Germans in 1945 -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the harbor in Hawaii. The bombing killed more then 2,300 Americans. It destroyed the U.S.S -
The Bataan Death March
The Bataan March was an event no one would forget because Filipino, and American troops walked 65 miles to prison camp and would be beaten if they walked too slow and killed if they tried to eat food or ran off to escape them. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Coral Sea was a major naval battle between Japan and the United States, and Australia. -
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Battle of Midway
Between 3 and 7 June 1942 six months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States navy under admirals Chester Nimitz, etc... Spruance decisively defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. -
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Battle of Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal Campaign, and code-named Operation Watchtower, originally applying only to an operation to take the island of Tulagi -
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Allied Invasion of North Africa
Operation Torch: The United States and United Kingdom launched an amphibious operation against against French North Africa, French-held territories of Algeria and Moroco -
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The Invasion of Normandy
The American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in History. More than 160,000 troops. Americans Invaded western Europe overwhelming German Forces in an Operation that proved to be a turning point. -
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Battle of the Bulge
Largest battle fought on the western front in Europe during World War II. Largest Battle ever fought by the United States Army. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima. -
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Battle of Okinawa
Largest amphinious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. -
Liberation of Dachau and Buchenwald
Dachau was the first camp to be freed by U.S. troop. Buchenwald was partially evacuated days before American troops can there. Thousands of prisoners where forced to leave before they can get aid. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe day, generally known as V-E Day, Public holiday celebrated on May 8th to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. d -
Bombing in Hiroshima
America B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90% of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people: ten of thousands more later die of radiation exposure.