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US declared war on Japan and Germany
On December 8, 1941, the United States Congress declared war on the Empire of Japan in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the prior day. It was formulated an hour after the Infamy Speech of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/american-history-the-united-states-declares-war-first-on-japan-then-germany-and-italy--122989428/116132.html -
Germany Invades Poland
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Germany Invaded France & Captured Paris
By the time German tanks rolled into Paris, 2 million Parisians troops rolled through their region, offering hope for a free France. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-enter-paris -
Germany bombed London, Battle of Britain Began
The Blitz, (September 1940–May 1941), nighttime bombing raids against London and other British cities by Nazi Germany during World War II. The raids followed the failure of the German Luftwaffe to defeat Britain's Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain (July–September 1940). https://www.britannica.com/event/the-Blitz -
U.S exchanged war supplies for bases with Britain
During World War II, the United States began to provide significant military supplies and other assistance to the Allies in September 1940, even though the United States did not enter the war until December 1941. Much of this aid flowed to the United Kingdom and other nations already at war with Germany and Japan through an innovative program known as Lend-Lease. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa, original name Operation Fritz, during World War II, code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on June 22, 1941. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war.https://www.britannica.com/event/Operation-Barbarossa -
Japan Bombed 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, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' entry into World War II -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Pampanga, where the prisoners were loaded onto trains.https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Battle of Midway was turning point of war in Pacific
The Battle of Midway was a turning point in the Pacific War. Before the Battle of the Coral Sea on 7-8 May 1942, the Imperial Navy of Japan had swept aside all of its enemies from the Pacific and Indian oceans.https://warontherocks.com/2013/09/the-importance-of-the-battle-of-midway/ -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw ghetto uprising was a violent revolt that occurred from April 19 to May 16, 1943, during World War II. Residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged the armed revolt to prevent deportations to Nazi-run extermination camps.https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/warsaw-ghetto-uprising -
American and Allied Troops Landed in Normandy
On D-Day, the Allies landed around 156,000 troops in Normandy. The American forces landed numbered 73,000: 23,250 on Utah Beach, 34,250 on Omaha Beach, and 15,500 airborne troops https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/06/d-day-landings-operation-overlord-in-numbers2/on-d-day-the-allies-landed-around-156000-troops-in-normandy-the/ -
Liberation of Concentration camps
Liberation Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other killing centers.https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/liberation -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg, towards the end of the war in Europe.https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
US dropped bombs on Japan
During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The United States dropped the bombs after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
