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Germany's Invasion of Poland
On the date of September 1, 1931, the German forces made their first advances toward taking Poland. The Germans had decided to do this so then would gain more land and also workers for their own country. After attacking Poland, this cause other countries like Britain to get mad. So this caused a break out of war between Britain, Germany and also Poland.
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Japanese Invasion of China
At the beginning of the threats that were to China from Japan, the Chinese had tried to keep peace. After awhile, the Japanese decided to attack. The Japanese attacked because they wanted more land resources for themselves. This ended up causing for the United States to get involved and stop trading with Japan with caused Japan to declare war on the United States.
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Kristallnacht
The word Kristallnacht means night of crystals or also known as the night of broken glass.This night consisted of arresting Jewish people and also shaddering windows of their shops. The German people did this to show dominance over the Jewish people and to make them have to clean it up. The impact that this night had was that this basucally had started the holocaust. Once the Germans did this, they started also taking the Jews. Google
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German Blitzkrieg
The term "blitzkrieg" means lighting war or in other words, to strike with bombs by using planes. The way of war then forever changed once this idea was brought in. The Germans had invented this so then they would be able to attack faster and gain more land. This then caused a lot of countries around them to start attacking places by using this type of warfare.
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The Fall of Paris
In 1940 the Germans had started to attack. One of their first stops was Paris. They took out Paris so then France would become weak and end up falling. The Germans ended taking over the city in a short period of time. This then caused Paris to fall ande also the top half of France as well. Google
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Operation Barbarossa
In June in 1941, the Germans had decided to attack the Soviet Union. In doing this they ended up taking a pretty big chunk of land. They did this so then they were able to become more powerful. One downfall in their paln was that they were not able to capture Moscow in the process which would have most likely caused the Soviet Union to fall and probably would have let them take over the whole world. Google
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Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was made by the Japanese and will forever be known as a day that will live in infamy. This consisting of the Japanese bombing many ships in the ports of Pearl Harbor. This happened because the Japanese were mad at the United States because they stopped trading with them. This whole event then caused the United States to fight back and end up winning the war. Google
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Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference consisting of the Germans talking about the question if killing Jews was polify for them. They then decided that it was. Thiu then lead to the killing of Jews. They wanted this to be passed because they did not like the Jewish people and wanted to get rid of them. The caused an impact in the lives of Jewish people because they ended up killing more of them.
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The Battle of Stalingrad
This battle is probably the best battle in a way for the Soviet Union. The reason that I say that is because in this batlle they were surrounded by the Germans and somehow they fought their way out of it. This could be considered as a turning point in the war for the Soviet Union. This all happened because the Germans were starting to have less troops and were being weakened. This battle caused the Soviets to start having faith.
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Bataan Death March
On the Bataan Peninsula in the month April in 1942, the Japanese had taken revenge on the United States and Filipino soldiers. What they did was make all 75,000 troops make a 85 mile march in six days without no food or water. Most of the soldiers ended up dying along the way. The Japanese did this to show supiorority over the United States. This then caused the US to get angry and fight harder.
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The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was kind of a turning point in the war between the United States and Japan. In this battle the US ended up destroying around three carriers and that really hurt the Japanese. The US did this because it ended up helping them defeat the Japanese later on in the war. This impacted the outcome of the war because it gave the US hope.
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Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah consisted of the killing of many German civilians. In this bombing, the ended up taking out the city of Hamburg and killing around 10,000 Germans. This then caused Germany to get upset and starting attacking more. This attack was brpught together by Britain. Britakn did this because they felt that this was a good start to attacking Germany.
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Allied Invasion of Italy
This was the start of the invasion of the United States and British troops. This caused the Germans to become paniced and try to maintain control over Italy. The American troops firstly went to the island of Sicily. The invaded Itaky because they knew that the Italian people wanted out of their so they went to help because the Germans were over powering the people of Italy.
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
D-Day or the Battle of Normandy was considered a huge vitocy for the allied forces/. This battle took a couple of months to be fought and it ended up being worth their while. This caused the Germans to end up giving up the Western side of Europe. The allied forces had done this battle because they had wanted to gain back the land that was theirs in the first place and to also try and take down Germany http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/
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Battle of the Bulge
In one of Adolf Hitler's attempts on trying to split up the allied troops, he ended up creating an iconic battle that will forever be one of his most famous battles. This battle consisted of the allied forces troops and then the Germans on the the other side with around 250,000 troops of their own. This is also one of the last times that the Germans had used offense and were not trying to just protect themselves.http://www.bbc.co.uk
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Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap consisted of the Allied forces bombing the German sity of Dresden. They had bombed there because they wanted to try and hit week links in the German armies and cities. This attack ended up killing around 60,000 people. This then caused the Germans to retreat even farther, so then they would still have a chance to fight. Google
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jima was a very "cool" to say battle. This battle consisted of the United States attacking the Japanese storage island. The United States ended uo winning the batlle and this battle became one of the more memorably battles of World War Two. The United States attacked so then the Japanese wouldn't have as much for supplies as they had used to. This ended up killing all of the Japanese soldiers that were on the island.
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Battle of Okinawa
This battle was the last battle on the Pacific side. When the Allied Forces had first arrived, the island had looked deserted. Then after a couple of days it went to being the bloodiest battle of World War Two. The United States had fought this battle because they had wanted to take over the Japanese troops. This then caused the Japanese to become very weak.
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VE Day
VE Day or Victory in Europe Day was a very historic day for the British and the United States. This was the day that they US and Britich had won the war. On this day, the German had finally surrendered and had given up. This then caused the Japanese to become very paniced. This was a very historic day for the US and Britain. Google
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Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
The dropping of the atomic bombs had occured in both Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan. This was in a way a do or die type of thing for the US. What I mean by that is that if Japan did not surrender affter that, then they probably would not know what else to do. The US dropped the bombs because they wanted to end the war between them and the Japanese. This caused the Japanese to end up surrendering.
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VJ Day
VJ Day or also known as Victory Over Japan Day was a very historic day for the United States. This was an important day because this was the day that the JApanese had finally surrendered. They had surrendered in person on on the US carriers that was in the sea. This then caused the United States to be out of any kind of war after that until the Cold War. This happened because Japna did not want to get bpombed again with an atomic bomb.
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