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In September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and Germany within weeks took over Poland taking with them were 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 plans.
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German forces defeat allied forces and eventually leading to the conquest of Paris. The French lose more 360,000 men and the Germans lose more than 160,000 men.
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This was the invasion on the Soviet Union lead by Nazi Germany that lasted until Jan. 7 1942. This was planned by Adolf Hitler against Joseph Stalin with both haveing casualties but the Soveit Union suffering the most with 4,000,000 dead.
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Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. They destroyed 20 American Naval vessels, and 8 of them were huge. They also destroyed 300 airplanes too. More than 2,000 soldiers and sailors died in the attack and over 1,000 were injured.
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It was a naval battle in the Pacififc Ocean six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor lasting for four days. The battle was between the U.S. and the Japanese with Japan losing the fight with more than 3,000 casualties, 5 ships destroyed and 248 aircrafts destroyed.
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156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches. D-Day for the invasion of Normandy was set for June 5, 1944, but was changed to the following day.
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Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland and on January 27, 1945 they found Auschwitz.
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An operation to bomb the eastern most cities of Germany resulting more than 100,000 dead from two attacks.
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Since 1940, the U.S has been working on an atomic bomb.
They tested the bomb around 1945 after Germany was defeated. But the war with Japan was stuill on and Turman warned his advisers that if they attempt to invdade Japan. The U.S will do something bad. On August 6, 1945 dropped a 5 ton bomb
