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Germany's Invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland happened on September 1,1939. This invasion was supported by Hitler, and planned it because he sought the nonaggression pact in order to neutralize the possibility of a French-Polish military alliance against Germany before Germany had a chance to rearm. When Germany had invaded Poland, the Polish at y was defeated quite quickly, within a weeks. Soon after the Warsaw had surrendered to the Germans on September 27.1939, Poland declared war on Germany. -
German Blitzkrieg
German Blitzkrieg, meaning Lightning War, was held from the year 1939 to 1940. This was the event that took place because Germany wanted to avoid a long war, so Germany quickly overran most of Europe within two years. Blitzkrieg tactics required many weapons, such as planes, tanks, and artillery. Though at first German Blitzkrieg was succeeding, later Hitler had declared war on the United States. -
Fall of Paris (1940)
On June 14, 1940, the pope of Paris qere awoken ny the sounds of German troops as they occupied Paris. By the time Germany has brought tanks, over 2million peels of Paris had a,ready fled, while some had remained trapped by the Germans. The men and women that remained trapped were saved by Canadian troops that helped free France. -
Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941, Hitler had launched his armies in an eastward invision on the Soviet Union. Over three million soldiers, and over three thousand tanks, Germany has successfully made it across the Soviet territory. This invasion has covered more than two thousand miles. German armies were in pretty deep in soviet territory, though they were welol armed, the soviet Union had stalled and attacked, which was an advantage for the Soviets. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. This invasion had lasted a little over two hours and Japan had merely taken over 20 naval vessels. More than two thousand American soldiers were killed and more than a thousand were wounded. The day after the attack, president Franklin D. Roosevelt had declared war on Japan, and Japan had allied with Germany and ital, and declared war on the United States. -
Battle of Stalingard (1942)
The battle of Stalingard was one of the best battles that Russia had seen. It was also one of the most successful defense that the Soviet Union had put up in the city itself, Stalingard. This battle has stopped the Germans from joining the Allies and was truly one of the bloodiest battles in history. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. The battle began on June 6, 194, when about 156.000 Americans had invaded over five beached within a fifty mile stretch from one another. This invasion was one of the largest military assaults in history. By late August 1944, France was free, and Germany was defeated by the allies. -
Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise Blitzkrieg through the Ardennes to Antwerp. As the Americans remained off guard, they had fought desperate battles. As the Germans moved deeper and deeper into the Ardennes, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle’s name.Its objective was to split the Allied armies through the Ardennes to Antwerp. -
Battle of Okinawa
The largest and the biggest of the bark,Ed fought on the pacific islands, was the battle of Okinawa that was held on April1- June 22,1945. This battle had involved over 287,000 U.S. troops,and over 130,ooo Japanese troops. The air bases were at risk from the protection of invasion of Japan. By the end of the 82nd day, Japan has lost almost 77,000 soldiers,a no 14,000 were found dead. -
VE Day ( victory in Europe)
VE Day, or batter known as Victory in Europe, was on the eight of May 1945. On this day both Britain and the United states had celebrated the victory in Europe day and both nations celebrated by putting out flags and banners of their nations, reminiscing the defeat of the nazi war machine. The Germans has suffered that loss of over 8,000 soldiers. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
On August 6,1945 the United states had become the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during the wartime and dropped the bomb in a city in Japan, Hiroshima. Though the dropping of this bomb had meant and declared the end of World War II, it began the Cold War. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. it was equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons reduced four square miles. -
VJ Day (Victory over Japan)
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War II. Though the bombinwas was helped end the war, it had started up the Cold War. VJ Day has also been used on September 2,1945 when Japan had formally surrendered. From Japan invading and leading attacks on Hiroshima, Pearl Hafnkr and Nagasaki, it came to a brutal end that made many people extremely joyful.
