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Japan invades China
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Holocaust
Was a genocide where 6 million jews were killed by the Nazi's. They were held in horrible concentration camps. They were starved, beaten, and killed. -
Munich Conference
Settlement discussed by Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and France that permitted German to annex he Sudetenland in western Czech. -
Non-Aggression Act
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Poland is Invaded
Poland was one of the first countries Hitler sought after. It was part of the land "taken from him" in WWI. Germany once again used the Blitzkreig tatic. Polish infantry was highly underequipped coompared to the collasal German fighters. -
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Battle of Britan
The Battle of Britan was the largest arieal attack in war at that time. After Germany lost this battle, it was the first loss to them. Seen as a turning point in the war for the Allied Powers. -
Land-Lease Act
The Land-Lease Act was when the U.S gave support and aid to other allied countries. Great Britan and China were a couple of countries that recived help. In total $31.4 billion was given to Britain, $11.3 billion went to the Soviet Union, $3.2 billion to France, and $1.6 billion went to China, and the rest of the money, $2.6 billion to the other Allies. -
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Operation Barbossa
Operation Barbossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. It is the largest invasion in the histroy of warfare. This was kind of a bad turning point in the war for Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
A day that will live in infomy. It was a surprise areial attack by Japan on the U.S base at Pearl Harbor. It crippled the whole pacific fleet for the U.S. -
Bataan Death March
The thousands of POW's walked 65 miles on the brutal, hot walk. Not only were they not fed, but they were tortured on the way there. Some where dragged behind trucks by their necks. -
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Midway
Battle of Midway was a large battle in the Pacific -
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Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was between Germany and the Soviet Union. It was for the city of Stalingrad. It is or has been often regarded as the single largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, but some don't agree. At this point in the war Germany was using a lot of areial bombing and attacks. After being surrounded, the German forced eventually surrenderd. -
D- Day
Also called Operation Neptune, the raid of Normandy was one of the most historical battles of WWII. It is the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
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Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge was the last offenseive push the Germans did. One of their tactics were to split the Americans and British apart but failed. They minimized their radio talking so thir cover woudn't be blown. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The point of this battle was for the U.S to capture this island to stage attacks on the Japenese mainland. The troops on the ground had support from the air and sea. It didn't take very long to capture the island. -
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Battle of Okinawa
It was the largest amphibous assault in WWII. Okinawa was only 340 miles from the mainland of Japan. The battle has been referred to as the "typhoon of steel". -
V-E Day
This was the date of the "Victory in Europe". When Germany was surrendering to the Allied Powers. Millions of people were celebrating, Italy and Germany had already surrendered. -
Bombings of Hiroshima/ Nagasaki
This was almost the end of WWII, the U.S dropped the two bombs on Japan. Japan thought we only had one bomb and did not want to surrender to the U.S. The plane was not sought as a threat when it flew into Japan. -
V-J Day
This was the end of the war, when we had victroy over Japan. The formal surrendering was on the USS Missouri. Japan surrended just after the two atomic bombs were dropped. -
Blitzkreig
Mlitary tactic designed to create fear in the enemny forces. It was usually by plane to bomb certain towns or targets. Thousands of bombs were dropped by the "ighting War". -
Warsaw Pact
was a collective defense treaty