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Invasion of Poland
This is known as a defensive war. What happen was that Germany invaded Poland. That is what caused the start of ww2. -
Invasion of France
The allied forces were defeated by the Germans. They defeated them by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. They brought land operations on the Western Front. -
Battle of Britain
This war was an air battle. The Nazi tried attacking the UK. It was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. -
The Blitz
This was an attacking strategy. This meant "lightning" in German. This strategy was used in the second world war. -
Operation Barbarossa
There was a code name for this. The name was Operation Fritz. The Germans tried to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The attack came out of nowhere. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. This led into the war with United States -
US declares was on Japan
The US declared war on the Japanese after they bombed Pearl Harbor. The Nazi Germany declared was against the US. -
Bataan Death March
The US surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon. The marchers made the trek in intense heat. Many perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March. -
Battle of Midway
This was a naval battle in the Pacific Theater in ww2. It lasted for 3 days, 6 months after pearl harbor. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was the largest confrontation of ww2. Germany and their allies fought the soviet union. They fought because they wanted control of the city of St -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
This occurred in world war 2 and it was a violent. The people living in the jewish ghettos prevented deporations to the Nazi. This inspired other revolts in extermination camps. -
Liberation of concentration camps
These camps were filled with mostly jew. They were sick and also starving. The major camp was by Majdanek and it was liberated. -
D Day
The allied launched a land, naval, and air on the Nazi. The allies landed on the Normandy beaches. They wanted to liberate north west Europe from Germany. -
Battle of the Bulge
This was the last German offensive campaign. This was the second most lethal american battle. It was launched through the forested ardennes region. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major battle in the United States. The Japanese captured the island. -
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They bombed them because of their military importance. This killed so many people in the area.
