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German Blitzkrieg
Poland was attacked in September of 1939. -
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Germany Invades Poland
Germany invades Poland because they have mostly German speaking persons. They did this and got away with it because France, Russia, USA, and Great Britain wanted to avoid conflict. -
German Blitzkrieg in Denmark
Denmark was attacked in April of 1940. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese causing them to enter WW2 -
D-Day
Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. -
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Battle of Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
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Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, code-named Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day, -
Dropping of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
The American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
Dropping of Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
Second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan's unconditional surrender. -
VJ Day
September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day.
