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The German Blitzkrieg or “lightning war” was a strategy used by the Nazis during WW2, The Nazis used this tactic to invade many different countries as they took over most of France, Poland, Belgium, and Russia. -
The German army went ahead with case red after then were done with case yellow. Since the allied forces lost so many troops and equipment in case yellow Germany quickly took over Paris and France signed an armistice on June 22. -
Operation barbarossa signaled a turning point in the war, German troops failed to succeed invading the soviet union. Hitler launched an attack at the soviet union even though they agreed to a 10 year long no war pact -
On Dec 7 naval base pearl harbor was attacked by the Japanese military, They destroyed 20 vessels, 8 battleships, 300 airplanes, and more than 2400 troops were killed -
On January 20 1942 15 high ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a house in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish problem." -
Japan attacked the U.S military base of midway with aircrafts from 4 different aircraft carriers. The U.S and japan fought until America was able to defend against the japanese and push them back. -
Operation gomorrah was a massive bombing on the city of hamburg. This bombin resulted in over 46000 deaths, this was one of the worst civilian bombings in WW2, The bombings lasted eight days and seven nights -
On D-day the allies invaded the beaches of normandy in northern france which was controlled by the nazis at the time the allies succeed in their invasion. D-Day led to the allies to liberate france and overall win the war -
Operation thunderclap was a bombing on the city of Dresden and many other cities throughout eastern germany. They were trying to cause chaos in germany to help the soviet invasion of germany on the eastern font -
the battle of the bulge was a surprise attack on allied forces by the Nazis on Dec 16 1945. the attack took place in Belgium,luxembourg, and France. the allied counter attack cause German forces back -
In the summer of 1944 the first camp was liberated in lublin, Poland. The first camp that was liberated was called majdanek, the liberation of this camp led to many others in the future saving countless lives -
U.S marines invaded iwo jima after months of dropping bombs because the U.S decided the island need to be taken to win the war, the fight took 36 Days and it was one of the bloodiest battles in marine corps history. this victory was why the U.S was able to win the war in the Pacific. -
VE day or victory europe day was a celebration all over europe because the war was finally over after raging on for 5 years, europe was finally at peace. Even though the war was not entirely over it was over in europe -
There were 2 atomic bombs dropped during WW2 both by the united states and both on japan. One bomb dropped on nagasaki and another dropped on hiroshima. These bombs ultimately ended WW2 as japan surrendered after. -
After the United States dropped 2 atomic bombs and took Okinawa the Japanese realised there was no winning this war so Aug 15 is recognized as VJ Day or victory in Japan day. On September 2 Japan surrendered