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Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland. Poland fell in less than a month. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. Britain and France, standing by their guarantee of Poland's border, had declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939. The Soviets invaded from the east and Germany from the West. -
Miracle of Dunkirk
In Spring of 1940, Hitler began to invade the North West of Europe. Over 300,000 British and French troops were evacuated between May and June. The Germans took over Paris in June and divided France. -
Battle of Britain
Hitlers plan was to destroy Britain's army and to end the war. A strength test was tested between British Royal Air forces and Luftwaffe. In July, Air battle fought over Britain and the English Channel. Over many months civilians were destroyed. -
Invasion of the Soviet Union
This was one of Hitlers biggest mistakes was having the Germans invade. He decided to do it after the conquest of France and Low Countries. The battle of Stalingrad was the successful soviet union defense of the city of stalingrad. the Russians thought it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. the battle stopped the german advanced into the soviet union and it marked the turning point of the war in favor of the Allies. -
Pearl Harbor Bombing
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese destroyed 20 American naval vessels, with eight huge battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and 1,000 were wounded. The day after the strike, President F.D.R. asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Congress approved his declaration with just one dissenting vote. A couple days later japan allies Germany and Italy declared war on the US. -
The Battle of Bataan
The Battle of Bataan was a intense part of the Imperial Japan invasion of the Philippines. Japanese Army invaded Luzon and many islands. Filipino and American prisoners were forced into the Bataan Death March. It was important because it showed america the unpreparedness to our enemies. -
Japanese Americans during WWII
After Pearl Harbor FDR decided to have all the Japanese to evacuate to the west coast. Where moved to camp for better -
The Manhattan project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. -
D-Day invasion to begin the liberation of Western Europe.
Heavily fortified coast of France Normandy region. was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. In late August all of the northern France had been liberated and by that following spring the Allie just had defeated Germany. The Normandy landing has been called the begging of the end of the war in Europe. -
Atomic bombs on Japan to end the war
They did to save more lives. If they didn't they would have another battle which would have even more lives would have been lost.
