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German Blitzkreig
- Blitzkrieg was a new form of warfare that used new technology (tanks and dive bombers).
- Blitzkrieg was used to expand Hitler's territories and to fight the Allies.
- The impact of Blitzkrieg was winning the battles again the Allies and taking over countries.
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Germany's invasion of Poland
Hitler invaded Wielun, Poland.
Hitler wanted a larger empire and a master race.
The UK and France declared war on Germany.
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Pearl Harbor
1 Japanese planes Attacked the united states Naval base at pearl Harbor
2 It intended to destroy important American Fleet unit there by preventing the pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese conquest of the dutch East Indies
3 The impact of Pearl Harbor was The surprise bombing of the American Navel harbor of pearl Harbor on Dec 7 1941 by the Japanese Navy -
Bataan Death March
1 U.S. surrender of the Bataan peninsula on the main island of Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese During WW2
2 The day after the Surrender of the main Philippine island of Luzon American Troops captured on the Bataan Begin a forced arch to a prison camp
3 The Bataan death March began as a plea for life men were tired and weak and lacking food the 70 foot mile march from marivele -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
1 Allied forces launched combine naval air and assault Nazi occupied France
2 they wanted to Attack and Assault France
3 D-day forced Germany to fight a two front war again -
Battle of Iwo Jima
1 one third of all marine losses during world war 2 happened at iwo Jima
2 the American amphibious invasion of iwo Jima during world war II
3 on the island before battle japan had two of their airfields but since the US won the airfields were shut down -
Battle of Okinawa
1 the battle of Okinawa Codenamed operation iceberg was a major battle of the pacific war fought on the island of Okinawa by united states
2 it was the largest amphibious landing in the pacific theater of world war II it also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties
3 the invasion of mainland Japan would be the battle of Okinawa Japan was the largest amphibious invasion of the pacific campaign and the last major campaign of the pacific war -
Liberation of concentration camps
1 the camps were liberated by the Allied forces between 1944 and 1945
2 why it happened is when Hitler became chancellor his Nazi party was given control
3 in 1945 Angelo American and soviet troops entered the concentration camps they discovered piles of corpses -
VE Day
1 Victory in Europe day generally known V-E day or simply V-Day was the public holiday celebrated on may 8 1945
2 the Term V-E day existed as early September 1944 an anticipation of victory on 30 April 1945
3 on this day in 1945 both Great Britain and the US celebrate Victory in Europe cities in both nations as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe put out flags and banners rejoicing in the defeat of of the Nazi war machine -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
1 Truman warned by some of his advisers that there was an attempt to invade japan
2 Japan wanted to go to war
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VJ Day
1 victory over Japan is the day which imperial japan surrendered in World war 2
2 Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the allies
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Battle of the Bulge
1 On this day the Germans launch the last offensive of the war operation mist also known as the Ardenns offensive and the Battle of the Bulge an attempt to pull the Allied front line west from northern France to northwest Belgium
2 the Battle of the Bulge started on Dec 16th 1944 the attack is strictly known as the Ardenns offensive but because the initial attack by the Germans created a Bulge in the Allied front line
3 The Battle of the Bulge is a momentous battle of world war II
