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German Blitskrieg
Blitzkrieg is a plan designed to cause dis organization in the enemy forces through a battle. The German tried the blitzkrieg in Poland. The German Blitzkrieg was supposed to be a resolution to World War II. Hitler was involved in the battle. Germany ruined a lot of Europe. It started because Germany invaded Belgium.
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Fall of Paris
The Germans were taking charge in Paris, including curfews. Hitler was mostly in charge. The British tried to convince the Frence to keep helping, so America would not enter the war. The United States wanted to help in some way, so they offered material aid. This impact made about two million people from Paris flee.
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Operation Barbarossa
Hitler was in charge of sending armies east in the invasion of the Soviet Union. There was over three million German soldiers and three thousands tanks. The invasion went to the North Caoe to the Black Sea. The Operation Barbarossa resulted in a huge turning point in the World War II.
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Pearl Harbor
The American base at Pearl Harbor is in Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack at Pearl Harbor only took about two hours. There were hundreds of Japanese planes that attacked the American base. About 2,000 American soldiers were injuried and twenty vessels and about 300 airplanes. owned by the Americans were destroyed. This battle led to Frankiln Roosevelt wanting to declare war on Japan, but japan and their allies wanted to declare on the U.S.
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Battle of Midway
The U.S. defeated Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Battle of Midway was a naval battle. The U.S. stopped Japan's ambush they planned. There was a lot damage to the Japanese Navy. This battle resulted in Americans lossing 147 aircrafts and many people died.
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Wannsee Conference
The Nazi party and German government met up to organize and plan the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." Hitler aurthorized this plan as the mass murder. The mass murder was known to most of the Wannsee Conference. The mass murder was the Jews and other civilans of the Germans. Several Jews were killed by the German Army, the SS and the police. The Jews were killed in Serbia. There were many topics the conference talked about.
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Bataan Death March
The U.S. surrender the Bataan Peninsula on Philippine island. This was during the war. Filipino and American troops on Bataan marched through the concentration camps. There were thousands of troops. This resulted in several people killed in the Bataan Death March.
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Soviet Union defended the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R during WWII. The Russians and many people believed this battle was the greatest of the Breat Patriotic War. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the most bloodiest battles. This battle caused two million deaths.
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D-Day Normandy Invasion
The Battle of Normandy lasted from June to August. There was 156,000 American, British, and Candian forces. The battle was on a beach. The battle had to have a lot of planning because it was one of the largest military attacks.The Germans were defeated by the Allies. The Battle of Normandy was one of the battles to start to end the war.
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VE Day
VE Day represnets GreatBritian and the U.S. celebrating their victory on Europe day. They both defeated the Nazi war machine. The Germans surrendered to the Soviet Union when they lost about 8,000 soldiers. More forces surrendered in Berlin and Germany. The Russians captured about two million prisoners.
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
The Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camps prisoners. They were liberated at the end of the war. The concentration camp they went to was in Poland. The camps was a place where several people were killed. The British, American, French, and Canadian troops frred several prisoners. When they freed prisoners, the troops found thousands of dead and sick people. These camps caused many people to die and become sick.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
In this battle, three of the U.S. Marine divisions landed on the island of Iwo Jima. There was Japanese and Navy troops defending Iwo Jima. On the island there was over 23,000 troops. The marines beat the forces defending the island. The forces were defeated about a month after the battle started. The U.S. won the Battle of Iwo Jima. The U.S. won the island.
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VJ Day
Japan surrendered to the Allies. When they surrendered, World War II ended. VJ Day stands for "Voctory over Japan Day." VJ Day was celebrated on August 14th and 15th. People would cheer on these days because the war ended.
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Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
The U.S. was the only ones to use atomic weapons and they were the first ones. They started it during waretime in Hiroshima, which in a Japanese city. The battle was in the Pacific. The U.S. president was warned that Japan would kill many Americans if they invaded Japan. The Americans dropped a five ton bomb on Hiroshima. Thousands of people were killed. Japan surrendered after a bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
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Battle of the Bulge
Adolph Hitler wanted to split the Allied Armies in the northwest of Europe. Hitler wanted this attack to be a surprise. This surprise attack was in the Ardennes to Antwerp. The Battle of the Bulge causd 100,000 casualties. The battle was a draw between the allies.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
