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Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland also known as the September Campaign was when Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland in 1939. By October of 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union had divided and annexed Poland. -
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The Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic with six years of naval warfare was the longest ongoing battle in WWII. In this campaign German naval forces fought against Allied forces to control the Atlantic shipping lanes. -
Fall of France
The Fall of France was the German invasion of France in 1940 through the Ardennes forest. After successfully invading France a puppet government was put in place by Germany called Vichy France. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a battle between Germany and Britain that was mainly fought using airforce. Hitler, however, was unable to successfully gain superiority against the Royal Air Force and postponed his plans to invade Britain on September 17th. -
Barbarossa
Operation Barbarosse was the act of Hitler breaking a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union by invading Russia. Despite the new type of warfare used by the Germans called Blitzkrieg Hitler's plans of conquering the Soviet Union failed. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7th 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Fleet in Pearl Harbor. This surprise attack brought the US into World War II. -
Midway
The Battle of Midway was the first major naval battle that blunted the Japanese advances in the Pacific. The Japanese were left unable to replace the naval equipment lost in this battle. -
El Alamein
During the first battle of El Alamein that took place in June of 1942 the Axis power's advances were stopped by the Allied. The second battle of El Alamein commenced in October and broke the German lines which forced the German retreat back to Tunisia. -
Guadalcanal
In the six month battle of Guadalcanal that started in August of 1942 the US succeeded in driving the Japanese off the island. -
Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad took place between August of 1942 and February of 1943 in Stalingrad, Russia. The heavy German losses resulted in a turning point in the war. -
Normandy
The battle of Normandy is the beginning of the Allied invasion of Northern Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge is the last major German offensive to halt the Allied advance into Germany. It held the largest amount of casualties for the US in WWII. -
Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jima was the first US attack on one of the Japanese home islands. It was a fierce battle that held heavy casualties for the US and helped contribute to the decision to use atomic bombs on Japan in WWII. -
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin was the final major offensive in the European theatre. It led to the collapse of Berlin and to the final surrender of Germany. -
Atomic Bombs
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan was where atomic bombs were dropped in WWII. These bombs forced Japan to surrender mere days later.
