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Germany invades poland and mercilessly bombs warsaw, poland’s capital, Also it was a test of Germany’s newest military strategy the blitzkrieg a fast and merciless attack that included many fsst moving artilery and planes.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany and show first resistance toward the axis powers
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France falls into the hands of the germans and The germans take control of the northern portion leaving the southern portion under control of WWI french hero: Marshal Phillipe
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German fighter planes atack britan and are reppeled by Britain fighters, an important victory because it signaled the allies that hittler could be stoped
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General Rommel's Afrika corps struck back at british soldiers and drove them back, setting back british troops who reatreted to lybia
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The world's largest invasion: 4 million Axis soldiers invaded USSR and it showed the world that hittler wanted world domination
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During July 1941 the US cut the petrolum supply line that was going to japan, also mass murders of jews were happening, This is a major event in WWII because if the US had not cut the supply line Japan would not have atacked the US and the US would have never entered the war
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On the 7th of December of the year 1941, Japan atacked pearl harbor and killed over 2000 americans and sunk 12 ships. Also it made the US declare war on the axis powers
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The Germans at the Wansee conference decide a final solution to the jew "problem" and it marked a turning point in how the world viewed the nazi regime
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Midway was a small island on the pacific that contained an important airfield that if captured by the US would let them supply their troops.
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The importance of this battle was huge because it punched a hole in Japan's morale and navy, also it let the us supply its soldiers
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US forces atacked islands in asia that marked major supply routes for japan marking a major advance for the US armed forces
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Guad;acanal was a brutal and very hard battle
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US forced invade Normandy by air and sea, Marked a major advance in the liberation of france
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The most bloody battle of WWII, The us armed forces was tasked with defending Bastogne as German soldiers unleashed a massive attack. with clothes unfit for winter many did not survive. Also it makred a major importance in the war because it liberated belgium from the Axis powers
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Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet and disscus how the world would be after the war.
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Bloodiest battle of the pacific theater and its purpose was to capture Okinawa an island off the coast of japan, The victory crippled Japan and let the US get close to mainland Japan
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Germany surrenders to alied forces, Marking the end of the war in europe
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Enola Gay drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world sees its first use for atomic weapons on another country
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Bockscar drops the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Making japan suffer heavy losses and leting the world wittness the outcomes of war
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Japan surrenders to US Armed forces and marks a turning point in how future conflicts are handled
