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Germany and the U.S.S.R signed the nonaggression pact August 23, 1939. This happend because Germany wanted to invade Poland. But did not want to go to war with the U.S.S.R. It changed the face of the war because it started the war. This pact caused the war to be with Germany and Poland insted with Germany and the U.S.S.R. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005156
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Germany invaded Poland september 1 1939. This happened because of the nonagression pact and hitlers greed. When Germany invaded poland both Great Britain and France declared war with Germany. This basically started WW 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNOqSSP1o94
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070
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May 10 1940 Germany invades France, by defeated Allied forces in a series of mobile operations. Soon after Germany invades Pairs. Causeing server out rage in France.
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On September 2, 1940, President Roosevelt signed a “Destroyers for Bases” agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, the United States gave the British more than 50 obsolete destroyers, in exchange for 99-year leases to territory in Newfoundland and the Caribbean, which would be used as U.S. air and naval bases.
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Germany bombs London. On 7 September 1940, the Luftwaffe unleashed a merciless bombing campaign against London and Britain's major cities. The battel of Britain began.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/germany_bombs_london
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Invasion of USSRHitler without regarding the German-Soviet nonaggression pact ordered the invasion of the USSR under the codename "Operation Barbarossa", the largest German military operation in WW2. It was done to get rid of the Communist threat to Nazis. The Russians burned everything in their path to keep it out of German hands. The Nazis advanced further in and were met in Stalingrad and were defeated and stopped.
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December 7 1941 Japan bombs pearl harbor. This caused the US to go to war with Japan. The attack on Pearl Harbor was intended to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and hence protect Japan's advance into Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, where it sought access to natural resources such as oil and rubber.
http://www.pearlharbor.org/history-of-pearl-harbor.asp
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On December 11 1941 The U.S declares war on Germany and Japan. Because of this Germany and Japan declare war with the U.S. The U.S declared war with the Japan and Germany because of the bombing on pearl harbor.
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Battle of Midway
The US defeated Japan in one of the greatest naval battles of WW2. The US beat Japan. All Japanese carriers and 253 planes were destroyed. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move further into the pacific islands.
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D-Day Footage
D-Day the Invasion of Normandy. It began on June 6, 1944 when some 156,000 Allied forces landed on 5 beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. By August all of northern France had been liberated, and by spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of WW2
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Battle of the Bulge Footage
On Dec. 16 the Germans launched the last major offensive of the war, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge. It was an attempt to split the Allied forces and create a "bulge." The Germans deployed 250,000 soldiers into the initial assault. Hitler gambled everything on this. It was "the last stand of the German army."
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Battle of Iwo Jima Footage
On Feb. 19, 3 U.S. marine divisions landed on the island. Iwo Jima was defended by 23,000 Japanese troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. Despite the conditions, the marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting and earned an important victory. The island was crucial to attacks on the Japan's mainland.
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Footage of the dropping of the atom bomb
Though the war in Europe had ended, the US was still fighting Japan. After FDR's death Harry Truman became president. They were both advised that any attempt to invade the Japan would result in horrific casualties. So FDR approved it to be dropped after Aug. 3 1945. So to save American lives it was dropped. It instantly killed 80000 people in Hiroshima and 40000 in Nagasaki.
Citations: history.com
