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German Blitzkrieg
https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/second-world-war/ww2-german-forces-the-blitzkrieg/1429790341001 The tactic was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. The plan was to use tanks, planes, and artillery along a narrow front. It began because of the annexation of Austria. As a result Germany took over power quickly in Europe. -
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Fall of Paris
This happened because of France leaving Britain to fight for itself.This involved two operations. The allies had 360,000 casualties and the axis had 157,621. The outcome was a decisive axis victory.
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Opperation Thunderclap
This was a bombing in between wars to end war between major powers. Had horrible casualties on the civilian population. They had planned for months about plan thunderclap. The US army air forces bombed Berlin. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01402399108437441?journalCode=fjss20
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Pearl Harbor
On this day a Japanese plane attacked the United States naval base. The effects included destroying nearly 20 American ships and over 300 planes. The main reason for this was to stop American planes from inter-fearing with the Japanese conquest of Dutch. The Americans were devastated.
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Wannsee Conference
This was when the Nazi officials met to discuss the detail fo the "final solution." The effects of this was a mass killing of jews. The final Solution is referring to what to do with the jews to get rid of them. It happened to get jews out of German territory.
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Bataan death march
The surrendered Filipinos and Americans were rounded up by the Japanese and forced to walk 65 miles. This was caused by the surrender of U.S. General Edward King Jr. As a result 10,000 men died (1,000 American and 9,000 Filipino). This was just to force people to go across the territory under Japanese control.
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
This resulted in the allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. Codenamed Operation Overlord is also known as D-Day. Between 4,000 and 9,000 people died during D-Day. It was the largest invasion ever assembled (landed 156,000 allied troops by sea and air on five beaches in normandy).
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Battle of the Bulge
This was an attempt to push the allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. As an effect Germans lost many experienced troops. It is a significant battle because it ruined the German army and ended the war essentially. Germans threw 250,000 soldiers into this.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and captured Iwo Jima from the Japanese. The Result was an American Victory. First battle to take place on Japanese territory. It lasted for five weeks.
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Battle of Okinawa
This was the last major battle of world war 2. Resulted in 100,000 Japanese deaths.This happened because Okinawa was a part of the 3 part plan for America to win the war in the far east. They were taking land back to back from the Japanese.
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Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz. American forces liberated concentration camps including buchenwald, Dora- Mittelbau and so forth. British forces liberated concentration camps in northern Germany. The soviets also overran killing centers and concentration camps.
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VE Day
VE day is "Victory in Europe" day. This was the day German troops finally set down their arms. This marks the official day of formal acceptance by the allies of the nazi Germany's surrender. This marked the end of WW2 in Europe.
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Potsdam Declaration
This was a statement that called for the surrender of all the Japanese armed forces. This was between China, United States, and Britain. Japan continued to pursue fighting. As an outcome the U.S. military dropped a bomb on japan.
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The dropping of the atomic bombs
This was the first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped 90% of the city and killed over 40,000 people. It was considered "a new and most cruel bomb." Three days later a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
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VJ Day
VJ day is also known as "Victory over Japan day." This was when Japan had surrendered to the allies. Also effectively ended WW2. September 2nd was the signing of the Surrender document.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
