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Nazis and the joint Slovak republic, along with the Soviet Union attacked the Republic of Poland. This marked the beginning of WWII. -
Britain defends the U.K. From Nazis. Major military campaign fought entirely by Air Forces. -
surprise attack by Japan. U.S. naval base on Oahu, Hawaii attacked. U.S. was neutral to WWII. -
major battle. In the pacific theater of World War II. -
Major battle on Eastern Front of WWII. Nazi and it’s allies attacked. -
Western Task Force encountered resistance and bad weather. Casablanca was captured. The task force suffered damages to their ships. -
is referred to as the MFAA program. Established by Allies. It was created to protect cultural property in war areas. -
major World War II Eastern Front battle between the Nazis and the Soviet Union. Occurred near southwestern Russia, resulted in Soviet victory. -
Allied airborne invasion. Code named Operation Neptune. Largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Last of the German offensive campaign. Occurred on the western front during WWII. The Allies negotiated a peace treaty. -
major battle. U.S. marines Corps and the U.S. Navy captured Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army. -
U.S. captured this island. Conflict caused mass casualties. -
A stroke killed him. His health was already in bad condition. He fell while sitting for a portrait. He spoke of a horrible headache shortly before he died. -
Adolf hitler died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the crown. His wife died with him via cyanide. -
the U.S. detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese of Hiroshima. The bombs killed 90k to 166k people. -
the U.S. detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The bombs killed 60k to 80k people.