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Blitzkrieg
It is a method of warfare whereby an attacking force, spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorised or mechanised infantry formations with close air support, breaks through the opponent's line of defence by short, fast, powerful attacks and then dislocates the defenders, using speed and surprise to encircle them. -
D-Day Invasions
Allied invasion of Normandy in operation overlord during World War II. -
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Hitler Rose His Armys
Through the 1920s, Hitler gave speech after speech in which he stated that unemployment, rampant inflation, hunger and economic stagnation in postwar Germany would continue until there was a total revolution in German life. -
Hitler Rises To Power
In July 1921, he assumed leadership of the organization, which by then had been renamed the Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party. -
Nanking Massacre
The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing. -
Hitler Made His Army Stronger
Hitler reintroduced conscription, and began to pump huge sums into Germany’s armed forces. -
Hitler Broke His Treaty
The one way Hitler broke the Treaty was over the Rhineland. In 1936, Hitler moved his troops into the zone, claiming that the recent treaty between France and Russia threatened Germany’s safety. -
German Invasion of Poland
One of Adolf Hitler's first major foreign policy initiatives after coming to power was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland in January 1934. This move was not popular with many Germans who supported Hitler but resented the fact that Poland had received the former German provinces. -
Dunkirk evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, it was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France. -
The Battle of Britain (London Blitz)
The Blitz, from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning 'lightning war'. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
gun fires against Japanese cave positions in the north face of Mount Suribachi. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day 2017 in United States of America -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day 2017 in United States of America
