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The non agression pact had been already signed with the soviets that same month and the final order to invade poland.
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Aircraft played a major part in the German Blitzkrieg, bombing cities and causing civilian causalities. This resulted in terror and fear for the people of the country German was invading
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German forces outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France and the Germans moved through Belgium and avoided the Maginot Line. Germany gained victory and controlled most of Europe and the Allied forces across the English Channel in G.B.
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This was the first major battle to be fought only by air forces
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Many obstructions, narrow passageways, with Germans commanding the high ground and shooting down on the beach. Allied forces broke through German defenses and they used some interesting machines to help
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Japan wanted to make sure the United States couldn’t fight when Japan tried to take control of the Pacific. Japan believed that it could prevent the US from fighting if it destroyed our navy at Pearl Harbor
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The Japanese planned the fighting as an attempt to lure the US into a trap, but the Japanese underestimated the power of the US code breaker. The US intercepted coded war plans from Japan and set up their own trap
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One of the bloodiest battles in the history of Warfare, killing 1-2 million people and was the largest battle on the Eastern war Front
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The plan was to split American and British lines in half, then circle around and capture the rest of the Allied Forces and Hitler planned on forcing the Allies to negotiate a peace treaty.
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When the battle was over Adolf Hitler Commited suicide the fighting went on and the battle ended until May 8th as the germans fought westward
