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September 1, 1939

- Germany and Poland were involved with this event.
- This event took place in Warsaw, Poland.
- To explain the action, Nazi propagandists erroneously claimed that Poland had planned to encircle and dismember Germany with the help of its allies, the United Kingdom and France, and that ethnic Germans were being persecuted by Poles.
- This event was the start of WWII.

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June 5-25, 1940

- France, Germany, Canada, and Britain were involved with this event.
- France and the Low Countries was where this event took place.
- Adolf Hitler had made peace offers to the governments of Britain and France a month later after the invasion of Poland, but they took a long time to respond. He also wanted to keep them out of the war.
- This event is important because during the Battle of France, Germany used blitzkrieg tactics to great effect and it overwhelmed the Allied Powers.

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July 10, 1940

- Germany and Britain fought in this battle.
- The battle was fought in the air over the English Channel and the east and south coasts of England.
- In Western Europe, Nazi Germany had just one major foe: the United Kingdom. Germany anticipated to easily capture Great Britain by first taking control of airspace and then moving ground forces across the English Channel, but it was overconfident and ill-prepared (Operation Sealion). Adolf Hitler, Nazi dictator, wanted the United Kingdom to surrender, however, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared that Britain would "never surrender" and that the battle would continue.
- This event is important because The Battle of Britain was a critical period in WWII, allowing Britain to avert a German invasion. Without the Battle of Britain Britain and its allies would have never defeated Nazi Germany on D-Day.

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December 7, 1941

- Japan and the United States were the countries involved with this event.
- Honolulu, Hawaii was where this event transpire.
- Japan thought that bombing Pearl Harbor would compel the United Staes to remain neutral.
- This event is important because Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor propelled the United States into World War II, which ended in August 1945 with Japan's defeat following the deadly nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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June 3-6, 1942

- Japan and the United States were the countries involved with this event.
- In the Pacific Ocean was where this naval battle occur.
- During World War II, one of Japan's key objectives was to dethrone the US as a Pacific power in order to capture territory in east Asia and the southwest Pacific islands.
- This battle is important because The Battle of Midway is seen as a pivotal point in the Pacific War because it halted a Japanese invasion on Hawaii and forced the Japanese to defend themselves.

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July 17, 1942  -     February 2,1943

-  Russian forces, Nazi Germany, and the Axis powers were involved with this event.
- This battle was fought in southern Russia.
- Adolf Hitler wanted to control Stalingrad, because the city was a key Russian manufacturing center, providing, among other things, artillery for the country's armies.
- This event is important because Germany's gains into Eastern Europe and Russia came to an end with the Battle of Stalingrad and this battle was Germany's first big defeat during World War II.

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June 6, 1944

- The US, Canada, and Britain were involved in this event.
- This event occurs along the Normandy coast of France.
- The objective was to force the German military to retreat.
- This event is important because it was the first time that Allied troops endangered Germany's control of Europe throughout the war. The invasion also persuaded Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin to remain in the war when his request for a second front was granted. The invasion was a means for the United States and the United Kingdom to prevent Communist influence from spreading across Europe.

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December 16, 1944 -January 25,1945

- Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom were involved with this event.
- Ardennes, Belgium and the Meuse River was where this battle was fought in.
- In his advance toward Germany, Hitler's goal was to split the Allies.
- The Battle of the Bulge was Germany's final battle on the Western Front. Following the Normandy Invasion, Germany was unable to withstand the advance of Allied forces due to terrible losses on the German side. Germany surrendered to Allied forces less than four months after the Battle of the Bulge ended.

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January 27, 1945

- Russia was involved with this event as well as survivors in the camp
- Auschwitz, Poland was where this event occur
- This event is where Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz camp Birkenau.
- This event is important because  showed the war crimes the Nazis had committed during WWII.

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February 4, 1945

- The key players in this conference were Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin.
- Yalta, Ukraine was where this Conference was held.
- This event was where they plot Nazi Germany's inevitable defeat and occupation.
- This event foreshadows the Cold War.

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February 19 -          March 26, 1945

- Japan and the United States were involved with this event.
- Iwo Jima, Japan was where this event took place.
- As part of its Pacific campaign against Japan, the US launched an amphibious invasion on the island of Iwo Jima.
- Securing Iwo Jima paved the way for the invasion on Okinawa, the Pacific's final and greatest conflict.

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May 8, 1945

- USA, Great Britain, Western Europe, and Germany
- Reims, France is where Germany surrenders.
- The war between the Allies and Nazi Germany officially ends on this day.
- This event is important because it's the day Germany surrenders

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August 6,9, 1945

- United States and Japan were involved with this event.
- This event took place in Hiroshima, Japan and Nagasaki, Japan.
- This event is where American B-29 bombers dropped the first ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
- This event led to Japan surrendering.

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August 14-15, 1945

- USA and Japan were involved with this event.
- Tokyo Bay, Japan is where Japan surrenders.
- This event is the day that Japan surrenders
- The end of WWII is commemorated by this event.

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November 20, 1945 -           October 1, 1946

- The trails were overseen by the US, Russia, France, and the United Kingdom.
- Nürnberg, Germany is where the trials were held.
- The top surviving German officials were tried after the war for Nazi Germany's atrocities, notably the Holocaust.
- This event is important because it was held in order to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.

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- Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops and the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the two most important events that occur during WWII. Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops is one of the most important events because if the Soviet troops hadn't had liberated the Auschwitz camp, we wouldn’t have known the war crimes the Nazis were committing. They were imprisoning, killing, and starving enemy soldiers, Jews, and other ethnic groups. Unfortunately, the Soviet troops didn't know the Nazis and other prisoners had exited the camp. If the Soviet troops hadn't had found the camp the Nazis would have continued committing war crimes. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the most important event because it led to the surrendering of Japan. Approximately 80,000 people were killed instantly by the explosion, with tens of thousands more dying subsequently from radiation poisoning in Hiroshima. 40,000 individuals are thought to have died in Nagasaki. The bombs used were the atomic bomb. If the United States hadn't had drop such a cruel bomb WWII would have continued.