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This forced more than 70,000 US and Filipino prisoners from the Peninsula to a prison camp. This was more than 63 miles. This happened because all of these soldiers had gotten captured during the war and were now prisoners of war. A lot of the troops died due to various things like starvation, dehydration, and just straight violence -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad, marking the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union defeated Germany at Stalingrad because of many factors. For example the climate, numbers, and sabotaged supply routes. This finally made Hitler fight in the War defensively and it also helped to boost the Russian's confidence. -
Germany attacked Poland with the use of U-boats and blockades. This battle went on for about 5 years and resulted in about 100,000 lives lost. The main reason they did this was to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east. -
The United States gave Britain war supplies and naval warships in return for military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean. The US did this so that they could gain military bases in different places around the world Britain paid the US back for these supplies; not right away or in dollars though -
By attacking and invading France, it helped the Germans to forestall the French and prevent Allied air power from threatening the industrial area of the Ruhr. This would result in an ongoing campaign with France. -
Germany attacked cities on the southern coast. Germany then took down the British Royal Air Force, they bombed airport runways. In Hitler's mind, it was taking too long so he bombed large cities. Hitler had taken most of Europe. The only major country left was Great Britain, Hitler came up with a plan to take over Britain The British kept the Germans from winning. The reason they won is they had the home-field advantage. The British Royal Air Force had radar so they could track the Germans -
Hitler tried his luck again to have a quick easy victory over Germany's enemy. More than 3 million soldiers invaded the Soviet Union on this occasion Hitler thought he would have the same success that he did with the blitzkrieg There were a ton of casualties, Germany had suffered 775,000 casualties. 800,000 Soviets had been killed, and an additional 6 million Soviet soldiers had been wounded -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The Admiral in the Japanese military wanted to destroy the pacific fleet and destroy the US’s morale. This bombing is what led to the US’s entrance into the war. The US had been neutral in the war before -
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and Germany declared war on the United States. The United States declared war on Japan and Germany. Germany did this in response to what Germany claimed to be “provocations” by the US government even though the U.S. was still officially neutral This was a huge turning point in the war. This led Germany to invade the Soviet Union. -
The United States was victorious over Japan in the Battle of Midway. This victory was the turning point of the war in the Pacific. Japan wanted to use Midway as a base so they could attack Pearl Harbor easier. Japan showed that they were stronger and forced the US to come to an agreement with them. The US destroyed Japan's repeated attempts at neutralizing the navy and they turned the war into the pacific ocean.