War in europe is no longer seen as completely out of the question

War in Europe

By Shaniya Parker

  • Germany invades Poland

    begun WWII , Hitler was trying to regain lost territory

  • Germans occupy Paris

    walked in and a curfew was imposed at 8pm by Germans
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    Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, when the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against the German Air Force attacks from the end of June 1940.

  • D-Day

    Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II
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    Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps

    Soviet soldiers walked in camps and liberated prisoners. July 23, 1944 (Majdanek Camp) and Jan 27, 1945 (Auschwitz)

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line, was the largest fought on the Western front.
    Pearl Harbor

  • V-E Day

    when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms: In Prague, Germans surrendered to their Soviet antagonists.
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    Potsdam Conference

    was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state. The leaders arrived at various agreements on the German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations