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Germany Invades Poland
Germans attacked Poland with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border. Hitler invaded Poland to get back the that Germany lost. Germany directly annexed those farmers Polish terrorizes along German's eastern border. Information was found on History.com -
Germany Invaded France and captured Paris
Germany brought war to western Europe with the first goal or conquering France. Elite squads of German paratroopers were dropped onto Allied points along the front, a key element of Frances defense strategy -
Battle of Britain begins
The Luftwaffe unleashed a merciless bombing campaign against London and British's cities, ports and industrial areas. The battles of Britain had officially failed, Hitler thought that by bombing the Britain into submission he would then be able to invade them. information was found on History.com -
Lend Lease
A program provided for military aid to any country whose defense was vital to the security of the U.S. It provided that the president could ship weapons, food, or equipment to any country whose struggle against the Axis assisted U.S. The U.S. advanced to the edge of war because of it . Information was found on History. -
Operation Barbarossa
Nazi Germany and it's Axis allies began a massive invasion of the soviet union. Hitler had his eye on Soviet resources, German forces advanced 200 miles into the soviet union territory and destroyed nearly 4,00 aircraft, and killed captured or wounded some 600,000 Red Army troops. This information was found in History.com -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Japan wanted to start an Empire but the U.S. stood in it ways, the FDR froze Japan's financial assets and stopped exporting oil to Japan. The U.S. tried to talk peace with Japan but Japan did not want any peace. Japan attacked attacked on Pearl caused about 2400 dead, almost half of the planes destroyed and 8 battleships damaged. Information was found on History.com -
The U.S. declared war on Japan and Germany
Japan bombing Pearl Harbor was a surprise to everyone, Hitler took that as a opportunity to declare war on the U.S., soon after that U.S. also declared war on Germany and Japan but Japan surrounded. Information was found in History.com -
Bataan Death March
The Japaneses forced 76,000 captured Ailled soldiers to march about 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula, the day after Japan bombed the U.S naval base at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invasion of the Philippines began.Total 10,000 men died during the Death March -
Battle of Midway
The U.S was able to preempt and counter Japan's planned ambush of it's few remaining aircaft carriers, doing permanent damaged on the Japanese Navy. it was a turning point in the Pacific War. It finished the expansion of the Japan Empire. Information was found in History.com -
Battle of Stalingrad
One of the bloodiest battle in history with combined military and civilian casualties of nearly 2 million. Hitler's primary task to secure the oil fields in the Caucasus and to stop the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide. Information was found in History.com -
D-Day to begin the liberation of Western Europe
The battle of Normandy led liberation from Nazi's in Europe, 4,000 Allied troops lost their lives in the D-Day invasion with thousands more hurt or gone. Hitler was not able to send his troops to France's Eastern front against the rest of the Soviets. Information was found on History.com -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
The Germans blow up the Great Synagogue in Warsaw, signaling the end of the uprising and the destruction of the Ghetto, the significance reason for the uprising went far beyond those who fought and died, long term effect of Communist Poland. Information was found on History.com -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans launch the last offensive of the war, Operation Mist. The battlke was an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. Nothing happen because unsuccessful attempt to push the allies back from German land. -
Liberation of the concentration Camps
As the Allies advanced across Europe at the end of the Second World War, they came across concentration camps filled with sick and starving prisoners.As the Soviet Army advanced from the east, the Nazis transported prisoners away from the front and deep into Germany. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of two Jima from the imperial Japanesse Army during WWII -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The American bomber Enola dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, Ten of thousands more died in the following weeks from wounds and radiation poisoning. Few days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing nearly 40,000 more people.
