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Germany Invasion of Poland (1939)
Germany invades Poland, which marks the start of WWII. Hitler decides to take control over Poland to gain an overwhelming foothold and advantage in the on coming World War. This event marks the beginning of World War two. -
German Blitzkrieg
In the first phase of World War II in Europe, Germany sought to avoid a long war. Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. The term Blitzkerg means "lighting war". This cought Poland by surprise and was one of the reasons they fell so soon. -
Fall of Paris
Germany invades, and takes over Paris. The U.S. freezes all American assits to the Axis powers to help France in what way they can. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. Hitler wanted to capture Soviet territories and defeat them early on in the war. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attck on United States naval base in Pearl Harbor. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. -
Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive that cought the allied troops completely offguard and took heavy casulties. The Germans planned to break aboart the Allied lines and drive though it but failed to do so, causing heavy damage on their armored divisions along with the Luftwaffle. -
Battle of Midway
A crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific . Six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy.The Japanese wanted to destroy American Naval forces and reign suprime in the pacific, but failed. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
When allied troops invaded the beaches of Germany-controlled France. In order to gain a foothold for the invasion against Hitler's Nazi Garmany, allied troops had to tkae contol of the French beaches. -
Battle of Iwo Kima
American offensive against the Japanese. They required the island to stage an attack on the Japanese mainland. The haavily fortified island took five days to capute with heavy losses but became useless in the attack of the Japanese mainland (due to the dropping of the Atomic Bomb). -
VE day
VE day stands for Victory in Europe day, when Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender marked the end of WWII. Germany was defeated by the allies on this day, making it a national holoday in Europe. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
America decided to drp two Atomic Bombs against Japan. The invasion of Japan was going to cause havy casutiy to the US army, so president Truman ordered to dropping of the atomic bombs after japan refused to surrender. -
VJ Day
VJ Day stands for Victory against Japan day, when Japan surrendered due to the dropping of the Atomic Bombs, marking the end of the war.
