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Japan invaded china seeking for raw materials to fuel it growing industries. The Japanese control a large part of China. This lead to eventual battle in Manchuria when the USSR and Japan battled for 4 months.
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Bilitzkrieg German for lighting war. It was Germany strategy to win battles in quicker times. It worked well till 1941 when they invaded the USSR. It worked at first pushing them back 600 miles eventually the Soviets would trap and defeat the Germans in the battle of Stalingrad.
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Germany Goal was not to just to control Paris but to control all of France. The France government left France with no military. Eventually leading to the French surrender.
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Japan thought attacking Pearl Harbor would cripple the US military. They attacked by air strikes sinking a naval ship. This aggression by Japan lead to the US joining the war.
https://www.tamucc.edu/library/exhibits/s/hist4350/page/Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_Military_Motives#:~:text=With%20Pearl%20Harbor%20being%20a,it%20would%20cripple%20their%20military. -
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of high ranking Nazi officials. They discussed the how they were going to start the Final solution. This lead to the killing of millions of Jews.
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Japan goal was to remove the US as a pacific power. They hoped to defeat the US fleet at midway like they did at Pearl harbor. The us victory stopped the advance of the Japanese in the Pacific.
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The Battle of Stalingrad was the deadliest battle in modern warfare. Hitler felt this was a important battle because the city had Stalin name in it. But the German failed as they tried to invade Russia in the winter
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The allies invaded the Italy as a step to reach Hilter. The allies started there invasion at Sicily. They pushed to the mainland and the Italian surrender.
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The allies goal was to take back France. They put together one of the biggest armada in history. They called it Operation Overlord.
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As the war seem that it was coming to and end Hitler decided to launch his last offensive move. They planed to catch the US soldiers on the front line by surprise. The allies eventually counteroffensive lead to the german withdraw. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Bulge -
As the allied moved across Europe they encountered concentration camps. Concentration camps held people that were jews or against the nazi party. Discovering these really should the horrors of the Nazi party. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/liberation-of-nazi-camps -
The US launched a attack over the island Iwo Jima. This was part of the US a pacific war effort. It was seen as the showing that the Japanese will fight to the last man. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Iwo-Jima -
Okinawa is the largest chain of Island. The allies capturing this would allow for them to have a airbase to attack Japan. Winning this battle would help start the invasion of mainland Japan. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/battle-of-okinawa -
VE day or Victory in Europe day. It was the day that Germany surrender there military forces. It was a time of celebration and reflection of all the things that happened in the war. -
By 1945 the war in Europe was over but Japan refused to give up. As Japan seemed to try and keep fighting the US drop the atomic. These dropping of bombs was a big part in Japanese surrender. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/atomic-bomb-hiroshima -
VJ day or Victory over Japan Day. This marked the end of the second world war. Japan signed formal surrender documents on the USS Missouri. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/v-j-day