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The Maginot Line was built along the border of France and Germany, to stop a 3rd invasion from the Germans.
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The German "blitzkrieg" worked by weakening the front with bombings and air assaults, then having ground troops and tanks clean up whats left.
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At the beginning of the war, Nazi's main aim was to eradicate the world off "racially inferior" people including Jews, Gypsies and other races.
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Hitler's plan to capture the Ural mountains for their incalculable amount of raw materials and resources. Heres a link to an educational website with videos and information on Barbarossa: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa
Heres a podcast on the event, with the best parts being from 8:00 to 11:00 http://podbay.fm/show/370995272/e/1331442000?autostart=1 -
The U.S. banned any country from supplying war materials such as iron, steel, and oil to Japan because they are threatening to try and take-over other countries.
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Operation Sea Lion was a plan by Hitler to invade Britain.
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All through the night, relays of aircraft showered high explosives over London.
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All available British naval vessels saved 300,000 British troops from the Germans and the French surrendered to the Germans on June 22. Heres a short video about the battle of Dunkirk: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/wwtwo_movies_dunkirk/index_embed.shtml
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The siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military operation undertaken by the Germans to attack Russia. The Russians eventually fought off the Germans and the siege lifted on January 27, 1944.
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On December 7th 1941, Japanese pilots suicide bombed into an American naval fleet stationed in Hawaii.
