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German Blitzkrieg
The German way for the “lightning war,” is blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces. German forces tried out the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 before successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France. The blitzkrieg tacit helped Germany by quickly overran most of Europe. Causing a spark for War World 2. -
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Germany invasion of Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. The German invasion on Poland was how Hitler wanted to wage war that would be his "blitzkrieg" strategy. In the invasion of Poland is one of the sparks that caused War World 2. -
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Battle of France
German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. In the six weeks from 10 May 1940, German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 6 June 1944. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940 and invaded France over the Alps. -
Pearl Harbor
183 aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor. Their intention was to destroy and damage as much of the US Pacific Fleet as they could so the USA wont attack Japan. The Japanese bombed the hangers and parked air crafts of the Island's airfields while also launching torpedoes. With this event is caused the USA to enter war with Japan. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Pampanga, where the prisoners were loaded onto trains. -
D-Day
More then 160,000 troops allied troops landed along the 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline. This was done to fight with the Nazi Germans on the beach of Normandy, France. More then 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed for than 100,000 Soldiers began to slow. They ended up defeated Adolf Hitlers Crack force. -
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Battle of Bulge
Germans launched the last major offensive of the war. Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive. Was an attempt to push the Allied front line west from the northern France to northwestern Belgium. The war was to split the Allies in two to drive them towards Germany. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
One-third of all Marine losses during World War 2 happened at Iwo Jima; it was the large engagement of all the war in which Allied forces suffered more casualties then their Japanese counter parts. The USA started the Iwo Jima because they needed more land for bombers and fighter planes. They island hopped fighting and losing Soldiers as they went on. One of the bloodiest fights in War World 2, with many deaths and wounded. -
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Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was the last major battle of World War II, and one of the bloodiest. On April 1, 1945 the Navy’s Fifth Fleet and more than 180,000 U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps troops descended on the Pacific island of Okinawa for a final push towards Japan. The invasion was part of Operation Iceberg, a complex plan to invade and occupy the Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa. Morale was low among American troops as the Fifth Fleet. -
VE Day
VE stands for Victory in Europe after the Allies finally got to beat the axis power and German troops surrendered. Was the most memorial date for all of Europe. Moscow didnt get the news until the 9th. -
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Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
The USA Dropped the Atomic bomb to make Japan surrender in the War. They dropped two bombs killing many civilians. Also as payback for Pearl Harbor. The radioactive waves are still in some parts of Japan. The USA was the first country and only one so far to drop a atomic bomb on another country. -
VJ Day
VJ is also known was Victory in Japan. Where the Japanese finally surrendered to the USA after two atomic bombs where dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Killing many. The USA dropped papers on all the islands saying the War was over.
