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U.S. dropped a 10,000-pound plutonium bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan, from the B-29 bomber Bockscar. Detonating at 11:02 a.m. over the industrial Urakami Valley with a 21-kiloton yield, the bomb killed roughly 40,000–75,000 people instantly, destroying roughly half the city, though hills constrained the blast.
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the joint attack on Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, marking the start of World War II. Using "blitzkrieg" tactics, Germany invaded from the west, north, and south on Sept. 1, followed by the Soviet invasion on Sept. 17.
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It was an air campaign where the RAF defended Britain. It was important because it was the first major allied victory.
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Destroy the US pacific fleet. It got the United States out of isolation.
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the British American invasion of French North Africa during world warII. The first major jointbanglo- American amphibious operation of world warII
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A pivotal World War II battle where soviet forces defected Nazi Germanys 6th army. Marking that the Althing of German advancement into the Soviet Union and shifting momentum to the allies.
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a specialized Allied unit established in 1943 to protect cultural property, monuments, and art from destruction during World War II. protecting European cultural heritage from destruction and recovering millions of stolen art pieces from the Nazis.
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the largest tank battle in history and a decisive soviet victory over Nazi germany on the eastern front. Ending Germany’s ability to launch major offensives.
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brought together the land, air and sea forces of the allied armies.refers to the start of operation overlord.
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the last major German offensive on the western front during world warII. It was Nazi germanys final failed major offensive.
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where the US invaded an island to secure airfields.provided a base for escort fighters to support mainland bombing campaigns.
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a grim testament to what the future might have held for U.S. forces had they continued onwards to the Japanese mainland. Okinawa served as a prime staging post for the aforementioned wars.
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died from a massive cerebral hemorrhage (stroke
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he died from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head while simultaneously biting into a cyanide. It was directly signaled the collapse of Nazi germany
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an atomic bomb named "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan, from the B-29 bomber Enola Gay, marking the first use of nuclear weapons in warfare. The blast and subsequent firestorm destroyed 90% of the city and killed an estimated 80,000 to 140,000 people instantly or by the end of 1945, forcing Japan's surrender.
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A pivotal World War II naval battle in the pacific. It was important because it was the turning point in the pacific theater.
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