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Blitzkrieg strategy was used by Germany when invading Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. They used this tactic to avoid a long war, yet it did not work very well. Germany won the victory.
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When the Germans invaded France, they fought to the death. Though with their tremendous triumph, they fell due to the loss of troops. The entire city of Paris fell one-by-one.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/dover-castle/history-and-stories/fall-of-france/#:~:text=The%20Maginot%20Line%20fortresses%20fell,France%20had%20fallen. -
Japanese planes were destroyed or damaged and killed 2,400 US serviceman. Japan thought they could severally hurt the US. Then the event made the United States join World War II.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/pearl-harbor-december-7-1941#:~:text=The%20carriers%20launched%20their%20aircraft,killed%20over%202%2C400%20US%20servicemen. -
Wannsee Conference was a meeting of Nazi officials in Berlin. It was the ‘Final Solution’ called “Jewish question.” It was marked as a turning point for the Nazi's towards the Jews.
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Japan Bombed the US naval base for Pearl Harbor. That forced the Filipinos and Americans to start a march from the Bataan Peninsula to San Fernando. This went on for five days. The groups of men were also divided into 100.
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This battle lasted six months and was after Pearl Harbor. It was between the US Navy and Japan Navy. The US Navy won over an air-sea battle because of their successful defense.
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This was a very violent revolt during World War II. It was started by the Jewish to prevent deportations. This also inspired other revolts for other serious camps.
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The British Field Marshal, Bernard L. Montgomery, started to invade Italy. This was right after Italy secretly agreed to the surrendering of the Allies's term. They did not have it publicly placed yet.
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D-Day was the invasionof Normandy. Germany saw them as an easy target because of there minimal defence. Germany ended up winning, yet Normandy started to turn against the Nazi's.
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This was a cruical battle. Hitler wanted to divide his allies on the way to Germany. In the end, German's failed to split Birtain, France, and America.
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Concentration camps were the place that Nazi parties put the Jews in to punish and terror them. Hitler put in the German's head that the Jews were the reason for their loss. That granted everyone's hatred for them.
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It was a Battle between the US Marines and the Amry of Japan. The American forces attacked/invaded their islands off the coast of Japan. They went to them because they thought that Iwo Jima must be captured.
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The day when Great Britain, the US, and other allied states celebrated their victory in Europe. They were especially celebrated the Nazi's loss. It was a major event because Hitler was the major beginning of World War II.
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The worlds first atomic bomb was placed in Hiroshima city of Japan by and American. Later anotherone was dropped forcing Japan's emporer to drop out of World War II. This was the US's whole plan to make Japan drop out early. Throughtout it all, their plan worked.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki?scrlybrkr=8bcf0c6a -
This day was when Japan had offically surrendered. This was the day they celebrated the vitory of Japan. They formally surrendered in Tokyo Bay.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day