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Location: Slovakia
09/01/1939-10/06/1939
Countries: Germany, Poland
Germany invades Poland kick starting the world war. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland
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Location: The United Kingdom
07/10/1940-10/31/1940
Countries: Great Britain and Germany
British and German Air Force took to the skies to fight for control over the air over Great Britain, Germany and the English Channel. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain-1 -
Location: Crete Region, Greece
05/20/1941- 06/01/1941
Countries: New Zealand, Britain, Australia, Greece, and Germany
Germany Tries and secedes to invade grease https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/the-battle-for-crete/overview -
Location: North Cape to Black Sea, 2,000 miles
6/22/1941
Germany tries to invade the Soviet Union (Russia) with over a million German Soldiers and 150 divisions and three thousand tanks.
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Location: Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu
Date 12/7/1941
Japan Bombs the United States’ naval base in Hawaii somewhat forcing them into world war 2 -
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Location: Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Countries: Germany and Russia
Germany tries to take over Stalingrad because it was an industrial center for Russia. One of the most largest, longest, and bloody battles of WW2.
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Location: Kursk, Russia
07/5/1943 - 08/23/1943
Countries: Germany and Russia/Soviet Union
Germans attempted to recover offensive from the Easter front by launching a surprise attack on the salient around Kursk to destroy the Soviet’s forces... They failed. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Kursk -
Location: Western France
Countries: Allied Nations, Germany Canada
The Invasion of Normandy, also known as D-day was a massive attack against Germany to weaken them -
Location: forested Ardennes of Wallonia, eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg.
Countries: Germany, America
Germany’s last major offense of world war 2. I was called “the greatest American battle of the war” by Winston Churchill -
Location: Berlin, Germany
Countries: Russia, Germany
The Soviet Union troops offense against the Germans. One of the most intense battles of the war
