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Air War
bombed germany, US won, destroyed houses etc. get shut down, was at night, shot down on the north sea, -
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Battle of the Atlantic
german u boats sank british ships, wanted to wipe out britain, germany wanted to stop supplies to britain -
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Germany Blitzkrieg on Poland
lightning war, defensive war, germany invades, soviet union invades, BLITZKRIEG, soviet, germany invaded poland, started ww2, october '39 april '40 PHONY WAR, stkrieg germany invades normay, netherlands, belguim, france april '40 to june '40 -
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Battle of Britain
air war, germany bombing on london, called blitz, radar was invented, germany could easily overthrown soviet, -
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Battle of El alamein
located in middle of desert, aandoned train station, away from nazi's, axis's lost 23000 men, allies 13500 men, axis lost 920 tanks, britain won, stopped nazi's from getting axis -
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Battle of Stalingrad
biggest war of ww2 stalin, soviet, in russia, germany surrounded them, turning point, germans never won after stalingrad, 2 million people died -
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D Day
unnamed day on which an operation or offensive is to be launched the day on which the Allied forces invaded France during World War II (June 6, 1944) Canada, U.S. and Britain launched the invasion of Normandy -
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Battle of the Bulge
germany troops broke out, his last offensive, von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise -
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Yalta Conference
churchill, stalin, roosevelt, chruchill wanted free democracy, free elections, roosevelt wanted help in war in far east, russian help in continuous war, stalin, sphere of influence, europe protected from russian, disarm germany, try german war criminals, german reparations, plan postwar europe, germany split into 4 sectors, try to make war die down in pacific, wanted stalin to go to war with japan, wanted germany to surrender, plan to divide up germany, -
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Battle of Berlin
final major events, designated operation of the soviet union, soviets beat us to berlin, russians wanted to end war with germany, hitler took own life,