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German Blitzkrieg
The Germans created a military tactic designed to create a disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. The Germans wanted to get through an objective fast with heavy firepower. Germany was able to conquer most of Europe fast and effectively using this new strategy, this tactic preserves more human lives than ever and limits the use of artillery used. I Used Google. -
Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest lasting campaign. Over the 6 years that the campaign sustained for there was german U-boats, battleships, and aircraft against the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, and United States Navy. The only way britain could stay in the war was if it was able to import goods to stay in the war. The campaign happened right after teh European war began, during the 'Phoney War' and lasted 6 years, until the germans surredered. I Used Google. -
Fall of Paris
In the Fall of France, Germany conquered France by mobile operations. Germans armored units pushed through the Ardennes then the Somme valley, cutting off the allied troops that had advanced into Belgium, to meet the German invasion. When British and France troops were pushed back into sea by a mobile, well organized operation. On June 18 with a goal of forcing the new french government to accepting an armistice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France -
Battle of Britain
The battle of Britain was a military campaign, in which the RAF defended the United Kingdom against large scale attacks against the Nazi Germany's air force. The primary objective of the german forces was to compel britain to agree to a negotiated peace settlement. The impact was that the germans failed to gain air superiority over britain and was a turning point in the war. I used Google. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was a codename for the Axis invasion for the soviet union Over the course of the operation around 4 million units entered the western side of the soviet union.German forces achieved major victories and occupied some of the most economic areas in the soviet union.The operation came from Nazi Germany's ideological aims to conquer the western side of the Soviet Union to repopulate it by germans. The flop of the it proved to be a turning point for the third Reich. I Used Google. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack of pearl harbor was a suprise military strike by the imperial japanese navy air service against the United States. Japan intended the attack as a preventative action to keep the U.S military from interferring with it's planned military actions in south-east asia against the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. The attack came as a shock to the american people, and led the U.S direcly into the war in both Pacific and European threatres. I USed Google. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel Leaders, held in Berlin. The purpose of the conference was to ensure the cooperation of the administrative leaders in various government departments in the implementation of th eso-called final solution to the Jewish question. The impact of the event would lead to millions of jew being deported to occupied Poland and executed. I Used Google. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was one of the most bloodiest and largest battles of world war 2, in which germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union for its city Stalingrad. It was a german offensive to capture stalingrad, the attack was supported by intensive bombing runs that reduced much of the city into rubble. The battle happened to try and take the city of Stalingrad, which lasted 5 months, the axis powers exausted their ammo and food which then their 6th army surrendered. I Used Google. -
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. The American and Filipino were forced to make the 65 mile walk to prison camps. The impact of the march was characterized as severe physical abuse and wanton killings, and was later judged by an allied military comission to be a Japanese war crime. I Used Google. -
Battle of Midway
The battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific threatre of world war 2. The Japanese were to suprise the americans again, but was decripted by the Americans.They changed routes and made a ambush attack of their own and the U.S did devastating damage against the Japanese fleet, it was the most decisive battle for the Japanese. The effects of the battle had heavy casualties that the Japanese wouldn't come back form and had led to the defeat of the Japanese in the war. Used Google. -
The Dieppe Raid
The Dieppe Raid was an allied attack on a german occupied port of Dieppe. The assult began at 5:00 am, and by 10:50 am the allied commanders were forced to retreat, the assult contained over 6,000 infantrymen. The objectives of the raid included seizing and holding a major port for a short period, both to prove that it was possible to do so and to gather intelligence. Upon retreating, the allies wanted to destroy costal defenses, port structures, and all strategic buildings. Used Google -
D-Day
D-Day otherwise codenamed as Operation Neptune, was the liberation of german occupied north-west europe from nazi control, and laid the foundations of an allied victory on the western front. This counterfront allowed the allied powers to finally defeat teh axis powers if they captured their designated beaches. The impact was that the allies gained a foothold in the war and expanded it over the next couple of months. Used Google. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
As Allied troops moved across europe, they encountered many concentration camp prisoners. Soviet forces were the first to find the camps and liberated many other camps. Concentration camps happened becasue Hitler wanted a pure race. i Used Google -
Battle of the Bulge
The battle of the bulge was a german offensive, it launched through the densely forested Ardennes region, it caught the allies completely off guard. The german offensive was intended to stop the allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp to slip the allied lines. The impact was major losses to both sides of the U.S and Germany, and ultimately the failure of teh battle. I used google. -
The battle of Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jima was designed to capture th entire island, including 3 Japanese airstrips to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main Islands. This attack happened to gain control of the island and its 3 airfields. The impact of the battle resulted in 21,000 Japanese deaths, despite all the deaths, the american forces had an assured victory from the start. With overwhelming troops, and power, as well as complete air supremacy. I Used Google. -
Battle of Okinawa
The battle of Okinawa was was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. It happened because teh U.S military was Island hopping, and were planning to use okinawa as a base of operations for the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands. In the naval operations surrounding the battle, both sides lost considerable numbers of ships and aircraft. I used Google. -
Ve Day
Victory in Europe Day was the Public holiday to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of world war 2 of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. The term 'VE day' existed as early as September 1944, in anticipation of Victory. The effects of this, was that the war was over. I Used Google. -
Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declearation is a statement that called for teh surrender of all Japanese forces during World War 2. On July 26, 1945, the main allied power leaders issued the document, which outlined the terms of surrender for the Empire of Japan as agreed upon at the Potsdam Conference. This ultimatum stated that, if Japan did not surrender, it would face "prompt and utter destruction". I used Google. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
During the final stage of World War 2, the U.S detonated two nuclear weapons over teh Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Aliies prepared for what was anticipated to be the bloody invasion of the Japanese mainland, This undertaking was preceeded by a firebombing campaign that destroyed 67 cities. The impact of this was a surrender from Japan on August 15, only 6 days after the bombing of Nagasaki. i Used Google. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War 2, in effect ending the war. A formal surrender ceremony was preformed in Tokyo bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri. In Japan, August 15 is known as the 'memorial day for the end of the war.' I Used Google for almost all of them.
