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Invasion of Poland
German invades Poland. Within weeks, the Poland army was defeated, due to Germany's 1.5 million troops -
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Throught Out WWII
These were events that took place in WWII, that led to it's own conclusion of it. -
Invasion of France
Germany invades France. Armored German units pushed through the Ardennes to cut off and surround the allies units. -
Soviet Union Invasion
Under the Codename "Barbarossa", Nazi Germany invaded Soviet Union in the largest military operation of WWII. -
Pearl Harbor Attacked
On Dec 7 1941, Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor with planes and had the advantage of advance weaponry, such as torpedoes. Even to this day, there is a memorial of one of the ships which was attacked. -
The Battle of Midway
This was a turning point in the war. Squadrons of U.S. torpedo planes and dive bombers attacked. Even though the Yorktown carrier ship was taken down, the US still one. -
The Battle of Guadalcanal
With 7,100 Americans dead, but with 31,000 Japanese dead, American foress were able to seize the island and disrupt Japanese supply lines. -
The Battle of Saipan
On June 15 1944, the Battle of Saipan, had 3,246 US deaths and 10,000 wounded. But there was 24,000 deaths and 5,000 suicides. -
The Battle for Philippines
US: 14k deaths, 48k wounded
Japan: 336k deaths, 12k prisoners -
D-Day
This was the largest invasion in the world's history. The codename was Overlord, and the name was self-explanatory. 5000 naval vessels, 150,000 allied soldiers, and 13,000 paratroopers. -
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
US destroyed most of the Japanese fleet, and there was 3 naval engagement off the coast of the Philippines. Japan loss many of their equipment -
The Battle of the Bulge
The Ardennes Forest Region = Belgium, Luxemborg, & Germany
With 14k US dead and 100k German dead, the fight for the life of the country had 200k soldiers 120k in reserve. -
The Battle of Berlin
2,500,000 soviets invaded Germany while 700,00 Germany troops defended, 40k of those were Hitler Youth. This was a green light idea from Eisenhower for Soviets for payback. -
The Battle of Okinawa
It was the largest battle of the Pacific Wars -
VE Day
This day was the day when America was able to win against the Germans and take back Europe. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
America decided to drop the "Little Boy", an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days after the first one, a second one "Fat Man", an implosion bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
This day was the day when America had finally one against the Japanese.
