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Germany Invaded Poland & The Soviet Union also invaded Poland and the Baltic nations
Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion in polland. He said it was a defensive action, but Britain and France are not convinced. This event is the reason why world war one started. Germany was defeated in World War II, They lost much territory to Poland that had been German either before 1919, or before 1939, such as East Prussia. [Video](<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNOqSSP1o94)<a href='http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland' >Germans Invade P -
Germany Invaded France & captured paris
After months of nervous speculation, Germany brought war to western Europe on May 10, 1940 The primary goal was to conquering France. German bombers hit air bases in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands, destroying large numbers of Allied planes on the ground and crippling Allied air defenses.Information -
Germany bombed London, and the Battle of Britain began.
The Battle of Britain was a struggle between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air force which raged over Britain between July and October 1940.Germany planned to win air superiority over Southern Britain and the English Channel by destroying the British air force and aircraft industry. Hitler saw victory in the battle as a prelude to the invasion of Britain. The effect of it was the bombing of london<a http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britainhttp://www.history.com/t -
Land Lease
A land lease is when you provide the U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. An exam is when the United States gave Britain war supplies and old naval warships.They did this in return for military bases in http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/lend-lease-actBermuda and the Caribbean. The impact was gave Roosevelt the power to lend arms to Britain with the understanding that, after the war, America would be paid back in kind. -
Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union defeated Germany atStalingrad, marking the turning point of the war in Eastern Europe.
LinksGermany's military and police authorities intended to wage a war against the Communist state .As well as the Jews of the Soviet Union, they characterized as forming the "racial basis" for the Soviet state. They didnt want thast so they invaded the soviet union . -
Operation Barbarossa
[Video/Source](www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa)Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. Cmmenced on 22 June 1941.In June of 1941 the Germans launched an attack on Russia named Operation Barbarossa. The attack took Russia by surprise and it broke the Non-aggression pact. The Germans used blitzkrieg tactics, while Russian peasants began the scorched earth policy. A cold winter halted German troops. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
Source/VideoOn a peaceful Sunday morning on a beautiful Hawaiian island, the first wave of Japanese airplanes left 6 aircraft carriers and struck Pearl Harbor a few minutes before 8 AM local time.The attack on Pearl Harbor was intended to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet, protect Japan's advance into Malaya and the Dutch East Indies,The effect was that japan completely destroys the pearl harbor because they were unperpared.The president made a speech saying was a terrible day.The Us decided to declare war -
Germany declared war on the United States. TheUnited States declared war on Japan and Germany.
Pearl Harbor attack Germany declared war on the United States. Adolf Hitler decided to do that because he believed that Japan was much stronger than it was, that once it had defeated the United States, it would turn and help Germany defeat Russia. So once they declared war it the U.S declared war on Japan and Germany. [Information Page](<a href='http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-declares-war-on-the-united-states)After the ' >Video source</a><a href='http://www.histor -
Baatan Death March
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A death march is a forced march of prisoners of war or other captives or deportees .The intent is to kill, brutalize, weaken and/or demoralize as many of the captives as possible along the way. It is distinguished in this way from simple prisoner transport foot march.fter the April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War I -
Battle of Midway
Source/VideoFollowing the attack on Peal Harbor, Japanese armies rolled over Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and the East Indies. The war in the Pacific was fought on land, at sea, and in the air. The turning pointn the war in the Pacific came in June, 1942 at the Battle of Midway. In a four day battle fought between aircraft based on giant aircraft carriers, the U.S. destroyed hundreds of Japanese planes and regained control of the Pacific. <a href='<a href='http://http://www.solpass.org/7ss/standards/ -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was an armed rebellion of Jews in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazis in 1943. It was to keep the Nazis from sending more Jews to be killed at the Treblinka death camp. The revolt lasted from April 19 until it was crushed by the Germans on May 16. The warsaw ghetto had an effect on the concentration camps. Of course Hitler didnt like it.[Information](<a href='http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/warsaw-ghetto-uprising-begins)' >Video/Source</a> -
American and other Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, on D-Day to beginthe liberation of Western Europe.
Video/SourceThe Battle of Normandy lasted from June 1944 to August 1944.It resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. By the end of August 1944, the Allies had reached the Seine River. Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed from northwestern France. Effectively concluding the Battle of Normandy. -
Liberation of concentration camps
Video/SourceSource/VideoSoviet 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. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners.The Germans had been forced to leave these prisoners behind in their hasty retreat from the camp. Also left behind were victims' belongings: 348,820 men's suits, 836,255 women's coats, -
Battle of Iwo Jima and Bulge
Video/SourceThe battle of bulge was on december 1944.Germanys goal was to split the allied powers armies throught blitzkrieg attack. Allied troops pushed back and ended the german offensive. Germany lost many soldiers and supplies the effect was that it changed the end of the war. Iwo JIma was about how japan wanted to invade the philipenes. -
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)in 1945, forcing Japan to surrender and ending World War II.
This started on august 6 1945. The U.S. believed that if the atomic bomb could end the war, Soviet influence after the war would be restricted . Also that domestically the tremendous cost of development would be justified.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima
