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Blitzkrieg," a German word meaning “Lightning War,” was Germany’s
strategy to avoid a long war in the first phase of World War II in
Europe. Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short
campaigns.

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Germany launched the surprise attack at dawn on September 1, 1939, with an advance force consisting of more than 2,000 tanks supported by nearly 900 bombers and over 400 fighter planes. In all, Germany deployed 60 divisions and nearly 1.5 million men in the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north, and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units quickly broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack.

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Battle of Belgium which is also known as the Belgian Campaign took place over eighteen days in part of the Battle of France in 1940. It was an offensive operation by the Germans in WW2. The Allied Armies had thought that this battle was Germany’s main attack, so they tried to impede the Germans in Belgium.

The battle ended with the Germans occupying Belgium after the Belgian Army had surrendered. The Belgian Campaign included the Battle of Fort Eben-Emael, which was the first tactical airborne operation using paratroopers. It also included the first tank battle (Battle of Hannut) of the war. The collapse of the Belgian prompted the Allied forces to withdraw from continental Europe.

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Battle of France, (May 10–June 25, 1940), during World War II, the German invasion of the Low Countries and France. In just over six weeks, German armed forces overran Belgium and the Netherlands, drove the British Expeditionary Force from the Continent, captured Paris, and forced the surrender of the French government.

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During World War II, representatives of Yugoslavia’s various regions sign an armistice with Nazi Germany at Belgrade, ending 11 days of futile resistance against the invading German Wehrmacht. More than 300,000 Yugoslav officers and soldiers were taken prisoner. Only 200 Germans died in the conquest of Yugoslavia.

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Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated

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pearl harbor damaged the economic relationship between usa and japan, when the attacks ocurred the united states entered the WW2 with no hesitation. the attack was considered as coward.

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German begin mass deportation of Jews January 16 1942

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German begin mass deportation of Jews January 16 1942

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After declaring war to the US, the first mass deportation of Jews happened, giving a beginning to the so called Holocaust

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This conference was considered by the Nazis the final solution to the Jewish question, were they decided that all German Jews would be sent to Poland and murdered.

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MIDWAY ISLAND BATTLE
the united states had a naval battle against japan, in which the allies forces defeated the japanese fleet, this battle had a duration of 3 days between the 4th to the 7th of june, 1942. the us navy used the islands as operation centers when they had fully controlled them.

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The Germans started moving Jews from Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka killing center, a concentration camp were Jews got tortured and killed with different methods.

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On the afternoon of Sunday, August 23, 1942, just over 75 years ago, Adolf Hitler's quest for Lebensraum—living space for the German empire—reached the volga

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The German Army reaches the banks of the River Volga in Stalingrad. august 1942

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The German Army reaches the banks of the River Volga in Stalingrad. august 1942

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the german army reached stalingrad, arriving to the shores of the volga river. this is the starting of the quest the nazis seeked by invading russia´s most important cities, hitler had stalingrad on target.

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Germans get encircled by the allies in stalingrad. november 1942

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Germans get encircled by the allies in stalingrad. november 1942

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the germans get encircled by the allies in stalingrad, after 3 exhausting months of fighting for the control of the city the germans finally loss against the weather conditions and the unstopping pressure aplied by the russian army.

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The Germans evacuate Tripoli in North Africa. january 1943

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The Germans evacuate Tripoli in North Africa. january 1943

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germany surrenders in north africa, making this their second biggest lost in the war (after stalingrad) and reinforcing the allies emotionally and physically. the african deserts where finally controlled by the allies and the germans retrieved to europe.

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The German cops and soldiers were trying to deport more Jewish to killing centers, but the Jewish resisted and this is considered to be the biggest urban revolt ever, with about 2,000 people from German forces ending wounded.

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Rescue of Jews in Denmark October 1 1943

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Rescue of Jews in Denmark October 1 1943

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The Danish army alongside a lot of Danish citizens managed to rescue 7220 of 7800 Danish Jews held in a concentration camp by sea.

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German forces occupy Hungary. March 19, 1944

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German forces occupy Hungary. March 19, 1944

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Following the German occupation of Hungary, Hungarian Admiral Miklos Horthy was permitted to remain as Regent, but Prime Minister Miklos Kallay was dismissed. The Germans installed General Dome Sztojay, who had previously served as Hungarian minister to Berlin and was fanatically pro-German, as prime minister. Sztojay committed Hungary to continuing the war effort and cooperated with the Germans in the deportation of Hungarian Jews, the last intact Jewish community in occupied Europe.

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The Soviets launch an offensive in eastern Belorussia (Belarus). June 22, 1944

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The Soviets launch an offensive in eastern Belorussia (Belarus). June 22, 1944

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the Red Army attacked Army Group Centre in Byelorussia, with the objective of encircling and destroying its main component armies. By 28 June, the German 4th Army had been destroyed, along with most of the Third Panzer and Ninth Armies.

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Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex. January 27, 1945

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Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex. January 27, 1945

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On 27 January 1945, Auschwitz concentration camp a Nazi concentration camp and extermination camp in occupied Poland where more than a million people were murdered as part of the Nazi's "final solution" to the Jewish question was liberated by the Red Army during the Vistula Oder Offensive.

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Adolf Hitler commits suicide. April 30, 1945

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Adolf Hitler commits suicide. April 30, 1945

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On April 30, 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending Hitler’s dreams of a “1,000-year” Reich.

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Germany surrenders to the western Allies. May 7, 1945

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Germany surrenders to the western Allies. May 7, 1945

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German armed forces surrendered unconditionally in the west on May 7 and in the east on May 9, 1945. Victory in Europe Day was proclaimed on May 8, 1945, amid celebrations in Washington, London, Moscow, and Paris.