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Invasion of Poland
Also known as the ¨September Campaign¨ or ¨the 1939 Defensive War in Poland.¨ This was the Germany invasion of Poland pardoned by the German-Soviet pact. -
Fall of France
Consisted of two operations: Case Yellow or Fall Gelb which is when the armored units of Germany cut off allied units which had advanced into the country of Belgium at the Ardennes and Operation Donimo. -
Battle of Britain
The air battle between Britain and Germany. -
Lend-Lease Act
Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to 'any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii. -
Battle of Midway
A crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific. -
Invasion of Stalingrad
Battle between Germany and her allies and the Soviet Union for Stalingrad. -
Battle of El-Alamein
German Afrika Korps under Rommel was halted in its advance towards the Nile by the British 8th Army under Montgomery, giving a decisive British victory. -
D-Day
Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive campaign. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army. -
Battle of Okinawa
Was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands. -
Dropping of atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Invasion of Japan. -
Dropping of atomic bomb on Nagasaki
Invasion of Japan.
