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German invaded Poland, setting off war in Europe.
The British and the France made a treaty with Germany that they can have the Sudetenland, but they shouldn't attack the Allied Nations. But Germany didn't listen and they invaded Poland which set off the war. It happened because the Germans were mad of the things that they had to do, because of the Treaty of Versailles. The attack set off the whole war. BlendSpace -
Germany invaded France and captured Paris
On July 14, 1940, the Hitler gathered his troops and he attacked Paris. He attacked because he wanted to gain power and land. The people in Paris fled, but some couldn't and the Germans kept them hostage. BlendSpace -
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was when the Germans attacked London with air power. It was a battle in WWll, and it was fought with air power. Germans wanted to damage the city and its citizen. But Britain fought back and they won. BlendSpace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWiNSO8NZXA -
Lend Lease
It was where the U.S ad the British traded. The U.S traded their war supplies and old naval ships for military bases in Bermuda and the Carribean. The British needed the supplies so they traded the military bases for the war supplies and naval ships. history.com -
Operation Barbarossa
It's when the Germans attacked the Soviet Union with their military. They wanted to prevent a two front war, but by attacking the Soviet Union they cause a two-front war for themselves. They attacked the Soviet Union, but they lost. history.com -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the U.S by bombing a naval military base named Pearl Harbor. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor because they wanted to weaken U.S. This forced the U.S to declare war on Japan. BlendSpace -
Declaring War
Germany declared war on U.S so U.S got into WWll. Then days later U.S declared war on both Japan and Germany. This started the whole war. BlendSpace -
Bataan Death March
After April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II, the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. history.com -
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Battle of Midway
Japanese attacked U.S fleet on Midway island. But the U.S intercepted Japan's plan of attack by using code breakers. The Japenese fell and they lost all aircraft carriers and 253 planes. Their navy never recovered. Blendspace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKXVTZo6gIg -
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Germany attacks Soviet Union/Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union wanted to protect their city Stalingrad, but the Germans kept on fighting. On February 2 the Soviet Union won the battle turning the tide of the war in favor of the Allied Powers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHkELWFqGKQ history.com -
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is when the residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged an armed revolt against deportations to extermination camps. The Warsaw ghetto uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German-occupied Eastern Europe. history.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhlwy6d8vBk -
D-Day
It was when U.S's troops and British's troops attacked France in order to get the Germans out of Paris. It required extensive planning and a lot of troops. They mislead Germany about the attack and they attacked them by surprise. They took back northern France and they won the battle history.com -
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Battle of Bulge
The Germans wanted to split the Allied troops by using the blitzkrieg attack, but they failed. Instead, the Allied troops pushed back and ended the German's offense. This caused the German's to lose a lot of resources and troops. BlendSpace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a8fqGpHgsk -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
The Liberation of concentration Camps was when the Germans left people locked up in the camps and the U.S, Britain, and France had to save them. The Germans locked the prisoners up and they left the camps with all the clothes and shoes. So the Allied Powers had to come and save them. The Germans left because they were forced to leave the prisoners behind. This saved many people's lives. ushmm.org -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima is when the U.S attack Iwo Jima because they wanted the island as an air base. So they seized the landing strips in the island and they won the battle. They got an important air base for long-range bombing. BlendSpace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y0gdFisD9k -
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S dropped two atomic bombs on two Japanese cities named Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They bombed Hiroshima on August 6th and Nagasaki on August 9th of 1945.They bombed them to put and end to the war. That forced Japan to surrender to the U.S which ended WWll. BlendSpace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pxk4zy_SQw
