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The Blitzkrieg was a method to strike a swift blow to enemies because of the defeat in ww1. Germany had invaded Norway, seizing the capital, Oslo, and the country main ports, with surprise attacks. It caused the french fall.
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France had surrendered to Nazi Germany and Marshal replaces the prime minister, he ends up announces his intention to sign an armistice. The armistice was signed on june 22 and went into effect on june 25.
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Japan had bombed pearl harbor and killed 2,300 US military, 8 battle ships were damaged or destroyed. Then the US bombed hiroshima and nagaski -
Nazi discuss the final solution for jewish question, Heydrich came up with transporting jews to concentration camps in Poland and working them to death. Month later "gas vans" were killing 1,000 people a day, "proved" to be the solution. -
Including the US navy and the imperial Japanese that played out after the attack on pearl harbor. Japan tried to clear navel and air superiority in the west pacific. US navy cryptanalysts began breaking Japanese communication codes and knew what Japan was planning.
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Benito Mussolini envisioned building fascist Italy into a new Roman Empire, but military defeats in WW2 made his regime of a puppet of its stronger Axis partner, Germany. By the spring groups were uniting to overthrow Mussolini and make peace with the Allies.
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thousands of paratroopers and glider troops were on the ground behind enemy lines during an invasion of the beaches at normandy in northern France. 156,000 allied troops had successfully made through the beach. -
It was called the "greatest American battle of the war". The germans tried to change the road signs and spread misinformation. Allied air forces arrived on Christmas day.
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the Jaws of the allied vise were closing shut on Nazi Germany. In the west, Hitler's desperate counteroffensive against the Allies had ended in total failure. In the east, the red army had captured East prussia.
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It was between the US marines and the imperial army of japan, japan lost many of its warplanes so Americans planned an attack.
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German troops finally laid down their arms. 1 million germans attempted a mass exodus when the fighting in Czechoslovakia ended, while 13,000 British prisoners were released and sent back to Great Britain.