WWII Timeline

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  • Versailles Treaty

    a peace treaty signed in 1919 that ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers
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    Battle of France

    A German invasion of France and North-Western Europe during World War II
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    Battle of Britain

    Air raids over Britain that resulted in the defeat of the German Luftwaffe by the Royal Air Force (RAF) (A major turning point in World War II)

  • Lend Lease

    "A US policy that provided aid to Allied nations during World War II"

  • Operation Barbarossa (Germans Invade Soviet Union)

    A Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union; It was the largest military offensive in history and also a turning point in World War II. (Germany lost)

  • D-Day/Normandy Campaign/Operation Overlord

    The Allied invasion of Normandy, France ("the largest amphibious invasion in military history.")
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    Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Alsace Campaign)

    "A German attack in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg during World War II" (Allies win)
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    Yalta Conference

    "A meeting of Allied leaders in February 1945 to discuss the end of World War II and the future of Europe"
    - "The United States secured the Soviet Union's agreement to join the fight against Japan
    - The United Nations was established"
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    Iwo Jima Campaign

    The U.S. Marine Corps and Navy fought the Imperial Japanese Army for control of the island of Iwo Jima.

  • Japanese Surrender

    After the United States released atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan), Japan surrendered WW2