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Battle of Dunkirk
On June 4, 1940, the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk on the Belgian coast ends as the Germans catch the port -
The Night of The Long Knives
Hitler used the SS to murder the SA -
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World War II
Nazi party deprives Jews, Hitler used the SS to kill the SA -
Olympic Games in Berlin
Jesse Owens won his 4th gol medal -
Japanese Invasion of China
The Soviet Union declares war upon Japan with a million soldiers into Manchuria -
Germany Invades Poland
Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and rule Poland. He intended to use the blitzkrieg strategy -
Battle of Britan
German and British air forces start to battle over the UK -
Fall Of Paris
The British prime minister, Winston Churchill tried to convince France not to sue for peace -
German Blitzkrieg
Germans raid in Boston Bombings. British military use the nickname "Cromwell" -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter jets attacked American naval base near Hawaii -
Bataan Death March
75,000 Filipino and american troops were forced to make a 65 mile march to prison camps -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway happened 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States defeated japan in one of the most conclusive naval bases of WWII -
BAttle of Stalingrad
A successful defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during WWII -
D-Day
Germany invaded northwestern France , May 1940. The Germans didn’t know exactly where they’d strike -
Battle of The Bulge
In 1944, Hitler tried to split allied armies in Europe by surprise of a blitzkrieg -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Troops fought from an elaborate network of caves, tunnels and dugout -
VE day
The soviets would lose 600 more soldiers before they surrendered to anyone -
Battle of Okinawa
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Hiroshima
This bombing wiped out 90% of the city and killed 80,000 people. Radiation killed tens of thousands of people later. -
Nagasaki
On this day another bomb was dropped on Japan by the U.S. leading to Japan finally surrendering -
VJ Day
August 14 and August 15 is known as ‘Victoryover Japan Day’