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World War 2 project

  • Fall of France

    Fall of France
    It was the German invasion on France.
  • Fall of France

    Fall of France
    was the German invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in 1939
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    The Battle of Britain was a military campaign in which the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against heavy attacks by Nazi Germany's air force
  • Attack on the Soviet Union

    Attack on the Soviet Union
    Hitler ordered the invasion of the Soviet Union, which was named Operation Barbarossa, on June 22, 1941. Deliberately breaking the nonaggression pact that the two countries had signed two years before. It was the biggest attack by German armies.
  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on June 4th, 1942
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    Air War over Japan

    Allied forces bombed Japan from April 18,1942 - August 18, 1945 killing between 241,000 - 900,000
  • The Casablanca Confrence

    The Casablanca Confrence
    It was a confrence for the next phase in ww2 with President Franklin and the British prime minister Winston Chruchill. It was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco from January 14-24th, 1943.
  • Battle of Normandy

    Battle of Normandy
    On June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    it was a major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.
  • Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    The united states launched 2 nuclear weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th 1945. These bombing killed between 129,000 - 226,000 people and this is still the only time nuclear weapons have been deployed in armed conflict.
  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    it was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
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    Battle of Okinawa

  • Surrender of Japan

    Surrender of Japan
    The surrender Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 bringing the hostilities of World War II to a end.