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Germany Invades Poland
Who: Adolf Hitler led Germany
What: Hilter wanted to regain lost territory and over all rule Poland
Where: The invasion took place in Poland
Why: This was the beginning of WW11. Germany intended to wage war by bombing the enemy's railroads, communication lines, tanks, and artillery. -
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Battle of Britian
Who: Adolf Hitler organized the invasion on Britian
What- The objective was to land 160,000 German soldiers along a forty-mile coastal stretch
Where- South-East England
Why: First major defeat for Nazi Germany -
Lend-Lease Act
Who: Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Lend-Lease Act
What: An act to further promote the defense of the United States
Where: Washington DC, US
Why: Franklin D. Roosevelt created this act in order to keep America out of war and to support their fellow allies by sending them war supplies -
Germany declares war on United States
Who: Germany is fed up with the United States so they declare war on the US
What: Germany has been shot at by Americans ordered by the president so Germany declares war on them
Where: No exact location
Why: This brough the United States into the war and not just for supplying war supples to their Allies -
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Battle of El Alamein
Who: Axis Forces and Allied Forces
What: A battle that kicked the Axis Forces out of North Africa, after this win for the Allies, they never lost
Where: El Alamein, Egypt
Why: There were two battles of El Alamein, both fought in 1942 -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Who: Nazi Germany and their Allies against the Soviet Union
What: A major battle that decided who controlled the city of Stalingrad
Where: Southwestern Russia
Why: The bloodiest battle in the history of warfare -
Allies land in Italy
Who: Allied Forces
What: Allied Forces land on the mainland Italy after conquest of Sicily
Where: Salerno, Calabria and Taronto, Italy
Why: Allies ended up taking home the victory -
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D-Day Invasion
Who: Allied Forces
What: An invasion of Allied forces in Normandy, France to liverate France and Western Europe from Nazi occupation
Where: Normandy, France
Why: Largest amphibious operation in history -
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Battle of the Bulge
Who: Nazis last attempt to break the Allies.
What: In order to break up the Allies, Hitler planned out one last major attack to defeat them.
Where: The Ardennes, Belgium, at the Seigfried line
Why: Hitler's last attempt to destroy the ability to supply themselfs. And to break the Allies in two. -
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Yalta Conference
Who: "The Big Three" which was Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin
What: A conference to discuss post-war European reorganization
Where: Crimean Riviera, sea resort of Yalta
Why: Conference discussing the future of Poland, dividing up Germany, and the formation of the United Nations -
Franklin Roosevelt dies
Who: Franklin D. Roosevelt
What: Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage (stroke) at age 63 during his fourth term
Where: "Little White House" in Warm Springs, Georgia
Why: He died right as the war was coming to an end -
Hitler Commits Suicide
Who: Adolf Hitler
What: Hitler was hysterical after realizing his Reich was a failure so he shot himself in the head
Where: Fuhrerbunker in Berlin
Why: Eight days after Hitler's death, Germany surrendered -
Germany surrenders (VE day)
Who: Germnay surrenders to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union
What: Germany surrenders unconditionally
Where: Little Red School House
Why: Brought the war in Europe to a formal end after five long years
