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Hitler Invades Poland
Hitler invading Poland resulted in Britain and France joining the war. -
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World War Two
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London Blitzkreig
Germany unleashes Luftwaffe
Nightly air raid for 57 nights in a row
Ended in October 1940 (Germany gave up) -
Pearl Harbour
Surprise attack on USA naval base in Hawaii
Japanese vs USA
Attack was successful
353 Japanese aircraft, 24 supporting vessels and submarines
2 403 casualties, 1 178 military and civilians wounded -
Battle of Midway
Pacific War
Japanese expanding territory
USA vs Japan
4 Japanese ships sunk, 3 057 Japanese killed
Lost 1 ship, 305 Americans killed -
D-Day
Landing on Normandy Beach - France
Over 5 000 casualities -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany makes a surprise attack on USA in Belgium
USA lost 35 000 men
Germany ended up retreating -
Iwo Jima
750 miles South of Tokyo
USA Marines VS Japanese
USA won
Japanese - 1 400 captured, 20 000 dead
USA - 18 000 wounded, 6 000 dead -
Battle of Berlin
Russian troops trying to capture Berlin
Russia won against Germany -
Hiroshima
USA used an atomic bomb on Japan
A second bomb was used 3 days later
70 000 Japanese instantly killed by first bomb
30 000 Japanese instantly killed by second bomb
