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1.5 million German soldiers invaded during the attack and planes and tanks bombed the city of Warsaw. This strategy was known as blitzkrieg.
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Poland fell three weeks before France and Great Britain could take any military action against Germany.
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During the phony war the Allies waited for a German attaack along the French border. No attack came until April 9 when Hitler invaded Denmark and Norway.
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German troop landed on the shores of Great Britain in the summer of 1940. With the help of radar and the German cod-making machine, enigma, Great Britain was abe to defeat Hitler's troops.
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The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor sinking or destroying 18 ships and killing 2,400 Americans. The next day congress declared war on Japan.
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American pilots destroyed 332 Japanese planes, all ofur aircraft carriers, and one support ship. On June 6, Japan withdrew. One Japanese official commented "The Americans had avenged Pearl Harbor".
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Germany destroyed the city of Stalingrad and by November controlled 90 percent of the city.
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Germany surrenders with 90,000 troops left of the original 330,000 soldiers. The city was 99 percent destroyed.
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The invasion of Normandy was the greatest land and sea attack in history.
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German tanks broke through American defenses. Although caught off guard, the Allies pushed the Germans back and won. The Nazis had no choice other than to retreat.
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Following Hilter's suicide on April 30 the Allies were victorious in Europe.
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The first atomic bomb was exploded in a New Mexico desert.
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Almost 73,000 died instantly amd 210,000 total died.
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A second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and a third was ready for Tokyo. Japan did not have enough soldiers left to continue fighting.
