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Japanese invasion of china
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Germanys invasion of Poland
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German Blitzkrieg
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Operation Barbossa
Adolf hitler launched his armies eastward in a invasion of the soivet union: three army groups with over 3 million German soldies, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into soveit territory. this was the crucial turning point in ww11 for Germany to fight a two front war against a coalation possessing immensely superior resources. -
pearl harbor
the attack was to neutralize U.S. pacific fleet, and protect Japans advance into Malaya . on 12/7/1941 hundreds of japanese fighter planes attacked the american naval base at pearl harbor. Managed to destroy nearly 20 american naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 plimmensely superior resources.anes. More than 2000 american soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1000 wounded. A day after the assault, Congress declared war on Japan. -
wannsee conference
a meeting of senior officials of the nazi german regime. it informed administrative leaders of departments responsible for various policies relationg to jews. the effects was the killing of jews. -
Battle Of Midway
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battle of stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union. It was to get control of the city of Stalingrad. The effects was they got control of Stalingrad. -
Operation Torch
operation torch was the british american invasion of french north africa. it happened so the britishs bjective of securing victory. the effect was that the german force had weaken from africa -
Battle of Guadalcanal
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Tehran confferece
was a meeting between the US president Franklin Roosevelt Britishis prime prince minister, and the soviet premier. Stalin needed help from the US and Britian to take pressure off his aemy and to come to an agreement as to how poland would be governed. on effect was stalm promised to join the war against Japan -
D-day
allied powers crossed the eb=nglish channel and landed on the beaches of notmandy , france, beginning the libration of western europe from nazi control during WWll and the nazi domination of Europe. d-day forced the germans to fight a two front war again just as they had in WWl. -
Battle of the Bulge
aka the ardennes offensive was the largest battle fought on the western front in europe. it happened because of hitlers plan to launch a counter offensive to lthrust through the allied armies. the germans lost the war. -
Yalta conference
It the ww2 meeting of the heads of government of the USA,UK, and the soviet uniion. They met to discuss what would happen to Germany and Europe after victory had been achieved. the effect was it was built up to the cold war. -
Battle of Iowa Jima
allies were gaining ground in the pacific theater, was the only large engagement of the war. it happened because the US was following a military stragety to island hopping. it convinced japan to surrender. -
Battle of Okinawa
The largest amphibious landng in the pacific theater or ww2. Okinawa was the final action of the US before the decision was made to use the atomic bomb. the Okinawans were killed. -
FDR Death-Truman becomes President
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VE- day
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Potsdam declaration
the last meeting of the ‘Big Three’ during WWII It occurred to decide the term boundaries of post war Europe. Japan surrendered to the US. -
dropping of the atomic bombs
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VJ day
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nuremburg trials
a series of trials of accused nazi war criminals. the leaders of germany were terrible so after the war they set up trials so lots of the nazi were killed or in jail. the effects of the nuremberg trials was that the rest of the leaders were executed or put in prion or they fled to south america.
