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German invaded Poland in 1939 which was the start of the Blitzkrieg.
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non aggresive pact between soviet uniov and germany where it allows partion poland between them
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method of warfare. also known as lighting war. military tactic calculated to create psychological shock and resultant disorganization in enemy forces through the employment of surprise, speed, and superiority in matériel or firepower
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code name for axis invasion of USSR.
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japan surprise attack on us. bombed pearl harbor
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meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel leaders, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee . was to ensure the co-operation of administrative leaders of various government departments in the implementation of the Final solution to the Jewish questions, whereby most of the Jews of German-occupied Europe would be deported to occupied Poland and murdered.
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naval battle in the Pacific. happend six months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Allies began their invasion of Axis-controlled Europe with landings on the island of Sicily. it lasted 14 days
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also known as normandy invasions. The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations.
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also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive. major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II
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Soviet forces liberated Auschwit. they stopped them
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major battle in which the United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
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Also know as Victory in Europe day. celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces
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the u.s dropped two nuclear weapons on japanese cities.
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Victory over japan. japan surrendered