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German Blitzkrieg
Germans used this tacit on Poland in 1939. Then they used this tacit again on two more countries Netherlands and France. Germans used this tacit on North America by commander Erwin Rommel. -
Germany invaded France and captured Paris
Hitler want to attack the Allies, so he attacked the closest country (which was France). Hitler went through Belgium to attack France, and once he broke France's front line he was through. It took Germany 6 weeks to take over France, and Hitler made France's leader sign a paper. -
Germany bombed London, and the Battle of Britain began
The Germans wanted to takeover Britain, but knew that Britain was ready to fight. So to weaken Britain Germany decided to nonstop bomb Britain. Britain's people didn't give up hope, and Germany eventually stopped bombing Britain. -
Lend Lease
Passed in March 1941 this act was a document that says that the U.S. may lend American troops to foreign countries in WWII. America can sell guns or other defensive equipment to foreign countries. This allowed America to participate in the war without fighting in the war.
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Germany invaded the Soviet Union
After Stalin and Hitler made a truce to split Poland, and not attack the Soviet Union. A couple months later Hitler decides to attack the Soviet Union by surprise, and the Soviet Union wasn't ready for Germany's attack. Then came winter and the German soldiers were not well supplied enough to survive the winter, and the German soldiers started to die. -
Operation Barbarossa
This was when Hitler decided to launch a attack on the Soviet Union with the German's three great army groups. The German troops were at their apogee in training, doctrine, and fighting ability. Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II, for its failure forced Nazi Germany to fight a two-front war against a coalition possessing immensely superior resources.
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Japan was angry at the United States for not supplying them with oil to take over Asia, and they wanted to take out United States Naval army. So early in the morning Japan attacked a place called Pearl Harbor were there was the United States Naval Army there. After that attack the United States declared war of Japan to start WWII.
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The United States declared war on Japan and Germany
Japan decide to bomb the United States in Pearl Harbor. So the president of the United States decided to take a vote on whether they should declare war on Japan. The votes said yes, so the United States declared war on Japan and (their allies)Germany. -
Bataan Death March
The U.S. soldiers surrenders to Japan in a Philippine island in April. Approximately 75,000 Filipinos and Americans had to march 65 miles to a death camp. The marchers made the trip in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by the Japanese guards.
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The United States was victorious over Japan in the Battle of Midway
the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. The United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.
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Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland. They staged an armed revolt against deportations to extermination camps. The Warsaw ghetto uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German-occupied Eastern Europe.
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American and other Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, on D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe
When some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target.
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Battle of the Bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. Germans drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge.
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Liberation of concentration camps
Once the Americans, British, France, and Canada got to the concentration camps the people knew they were safe. All the Jews and U.S. soldiers that were captured were finally freed.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Following elaborate preparatory air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. Despite the difficulty of the conditions, the marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting.
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Japan surrenders to America
After Japan bombed U.S.; the U.S. decide to get payback by Bombing Japan. The U.S. Bomb Japan twice with an atomic bomb in the most populated areas of Japan. The U.S. were threatening to drop a third one, but before that could happen Japan's president surrender.
