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Invation of Poland
1.5 million troops invaded poland in 1939. It happened because Hitler wanted to wage the war. It was a massive land invasion and an overwhelming amount of soilders. -
Blitzerkriek
Blitzerkrieg was the german term for lightning war. Was a military tactic desighned to create disorganazation among enemy forces -
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Pearl Harbor
Japenese attacked an american navel basein Hawaii on December 7, 1941. More tan 2000 soilders and sailors from america died in the attack. The next day war was declared on japan -
D Day
On this day more than 160,000 soilders landed on a 50 mile stretch of heavily armoured nazis. More than 5,000 troops and 13,000 aircrafts supported in the attack. 100,000 people survived to kill Hitler -
Battle of the Bulge
Was a offensive campaign launched through the defensive forested Ardennes region of wallonia in Belgium. Adolf Hitler wanted to split up the allied armys. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Happened in Febuary of 1945. It was a major battle were US marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima in japan and eventully took it over. Nearly 23,000 Japennese were defending it, about 5,900 people died and about 17,400 people were wounded. -
Battle of Okawana
was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific . Around 77,000 soilders entered the war and about 14,000 died in the battles. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day. or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Dropping of Atomic Bombs
President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
VJ Day
On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day.