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Germany invades Poland
https://youtu.be/pw2PenZYBuwNazi Germany lead 1.5 million soilders marching into Poland on September 1st at 4:45am. Hitler chose to invade Poland because he belived he should colonize the polish and then enslave them. One tragic effect was that after Poland was conquered, Hitler killed 3 million Polish Jews in the Nazi death camps.
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Battle of Britian
https://youtu.be/m0-fVLCnsBs
Defense by United Knigdom, provided by the Royal air force to fight againist the Geramn forces. THis happened because Germany wanted to control Britian just like it did to Poland. It impacted WW2 because it saved Great Britian from ground invasion, and providing a leg up for the allied powers because
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Operation Barbarossa
https://youtu.be/6R7JyOVZHNc
Operation Barbarossa was a code name for Germany to invade the Soviet Union (Ussr). This threw the Union off because they had signed a non agressions act with Germany, they would not attak. Germany broke there trust and in result the soviets declared war againist Germany, joining the allied powers.
Source: http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/barbarossa -
Bombing of pearl harbor
https://youtu.be/3e99lfmmDN0
Japan attacked a Us naval base in Pearl Harbor because Japan wanted to nuetralize the Us pacific fleet. This action impacted WW2 greatly because that is what lead the Us to join the war againist Hitler. -
Germany Declares war on the Us
https://youtu.be/xm_e3f6pAz4The Us was no longer nuetral, they joined the allied troops and officially joined word war two. This was a huge deal because now the allys had a leg up in the war because a additional country has joined the war.
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Bataan death March
https://youtu.be/uQWdETwFACs
More than 60,000 soliders were forced to walk, many of those soliders were Americans and Filipinos under the Japanese control. It happened because the japanese launched a suprise attack on the Phillipenes. Brave soliders defending their country were overrun forcing to formally surrender to the Japanese. This impacted the war because it was a victory to the axis powers and because 60,000 to 80,000 people died. -
Battle of Midway
https://youtu.be/F4pUD9qWKs8
This battle was a major turning point for the allied powers. It was an intense battle over the Pacific involving many planes. The battle of Midway stopped any further attacks from Japan in the Pacific.
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D-Day
https://youtu.be/lDZs442oqxA
Many american soliders traveled 50 miles through forts to get to the Nazi's. Many lifes were sacrificed- 9,000 american soliders died, but in the end it was not sucess.
Source: https://www.dday.org/history/d-day-the-invasion/overview.html -
Battle of the Bulge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2fL1LL2n4
Another nickname for this battle is the Ardennes Offensive. The germans wanted to attack the allies and reclaim a port in the netherlands. The battle was a sucess for the allied troops.
Source:http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bulge -
Battle of Imo Jima
https://youtu.be/8rfsRNeiing
The battle of Imo JIma took place on top of sulfur, many caualities were inflicted on the Americans and japanese.It was one of the only wars that took place in the Pacific where the american causalities outweighed the Japanese.
Source: http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=12 -
Bombing of HIrosima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pxk4zy_SQw
A bomb was dropped a dawn by the Us. The us did it because they felt it was the only way for Japan to surrender. It caused Japan to surreder and offically end world war 2.
Source: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/hiroshima.htm
