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Invasion of Poland September 1, 1939- October 6, 1939

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Invasion of Poland September 1, 1939- October 6, 1939

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- Germany, Soviet Union
- Poland, City of Danzig
- The Germans invaded Poland to take back the territories they had lost in WWl
- This event is important because it kick started WWll

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- France and Great Britain went to war with Germany
- Paris, France: Germany attacked their allies so that they would have a easier time infiltrating the Capitol of France
- Because Germany invaded Poland, France and Great Britain decided to team up and declare war on Germany.
- Because Great Britain and France were the last allied countries in Europe to stand against the aggression of Germany.

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- Britain's Royal Air Force and Nazi Germany Air Force
- Southern England
- Germany needed to Control the English Channel to invade Britain, and the battle prevented them from gaining that valuable control.
- Britain's victory in the Battle of Britain demonstrated the courage and resilience of the countries military and it's people, and it also allowed them to remain free from Nazi occupation

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Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941- December 5th, 1941

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Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941- December 5th, 1941

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- Germany, Soviet Union, Axis Powers
- Leningrad, Ukraine, Moscow Russia
- Operation Barbarossa is an order for Germany's planned invasion of the Soviet Union.
- The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war. Hitler amid his defeat tried killing off Jews but that proved to be too costly, so he put mass of Jewish people into concentration camps instead.

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- Japanese, United States
- U.S Navel base on Oahu island, Hawaii
- It was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States.
- Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor would drive the Untied States out of isolation and into WWll, and that would have future consequences for Japan

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- Japanese, United States
- Tokyo, Japan
- The purpose of the raid would be to cause material damage by destroying military targets so consequently hampering Japanese war production which would instill fear in the Japanese people. Therefore making military leaders recall combat equipment.
- Because the U.S Navy aircraft carrier Hornet surprise attacked Japan which caused little damage for the U.S but boosted Allied morale.

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- U.S Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy
- Midway Atoll in the Pacific Theater
- The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater that happened 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor
- It was the turning point of the war because the U.S navy was able to destroy 4 Japanese aircraft carriers and hundreds of planes, which put the U.S back on the offensive on Japan.

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- Russia, Germany, Axis Powers
- Volga River, Volograd Russia
- The battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern front of WWll where Germany and it's allies unsuccessfully fought the soviet union for control of the city of Stalingrad
- It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning point of the tide of the war in favor of the Allies

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- United States, Japan
- Island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Theater
- The Battle of Guadalcanal was a series of WWll land and sea clashes between allied and Japanese forces and on and around Guadalcanal
- The Guadalcanal ended all Japanese expansion attempts and placed the Allies in position of clear supremacy.

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Warsaw ghetto uprising April 19- May 16 1943

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Warsaw ghetto uprising April 19- May 16 1943

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- Germany, Jewish people
- Warsaw, Poland
- The purpose of the Warsaw ghetto was to isolate Jews from the other religions. Also to group the Jewish people so they could easily transport them to concentration camps.
- After Germany's lose in WWll he came up with the "Final Solution" that would be a mass genocide of all Jewish people. This would lead to the killings of millions of innocent Jews.

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- United Kingdom, Canada, United States
- Normandy, beaches in France
- Allied forces invaded Northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy to attack German forces that captured France
- D-Day marked the turn of the tide for the control maintained by Nazi Germany

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- Germany, Allied forces
- Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ardennes
- The Battle of Bulge was the last major German offensive on the Western front during WWll
- The catastrophic losses on the German side prevented Germany from resisting the advance of Allied forces following the Normandy invasion. Less than 4 months later after the Battle of Bulge Germany surrendered to Allied Forces

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- Red Army, Soviet Troops
- Auschwitz concentration camp, Southern Poland
- It was the Soviet forces going into Auschwitz to  release the Jewish people in the concentration camp.
- This event holds so much significance because the surviving Jews who went through such horrific finally got the freedom they deserved and to finally be treated like humans.

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Yalta Conference February 4,v 1945- February 11, 1945

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Yalta Conference February 4,v 1945- February 11, 1945

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- United States, England, Russia
- Crimea, Russia
- The purpose of this conference was to decide what to do with Germany once they had been defeated.
- The Big Three agreed that after Germany's unconditional surrender, it would be divided into four post was occupation zones

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- Great Britain, Untied States, Western Europe
- Around the World
- Europe and nations across the world celebrated the victory over Nazi Germany
- This marked the end of WWll in Europe and marked the end of a nearly 6 year war that had cost the lives of millions and brought suffering to the populations of entire countries.

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- Japan, United States
- Hiroshima, Japan
- An American B-29 bomber dropped the worlds first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
- This was one of Two bombs dropped on Japan that led to their surrender to the United States

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- Japan, United States
- Nagasaki, Japan
- An American B-29 bomber called "Enola Gay" deployed the second bomb over the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
- This second atomic bomb is what made japan finally surrender

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- United States
- Rhode Island, USA
- The celebrations of Japan surrendering to the U.S
- This was the end of WWll for the U.S after them bombed Japan and they surrendered to the U.S

August 15, 1945- September 2, 1945

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Nuremberg Trials November 20, 1945- October 1, 1946

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Nuremberg Trials November 20, 1945- October 1, 1946

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- United States, Soviet Union, France, Great Britain
- Nuremberg, Germany
- The purpose of these trials is that Nazi Germany would be held criminally responsible for the crimes against humanity that they committed
- This was the first ever trial of its kind and it established an international legal shield that would hold countries responsible for their crimes

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The Liberation of Auschwitz
- This event is extremely important to history because this entire population of people experienced something so traumatic and painful we could never imagine. Those Jewish people getting released by the Soviet Troops is a day that a small part of humanity was restored because humans saw that people just like them were treated as animals and were stripped of their identity's as humans. They saw the true horrors of what Germany had been doing to them for so long.

Battle of Bulge
- This battle was key to stopping the German war machine. Nazi Germany wanted to take over any land they could causing mass destruction and loss of millions of lives. Germany getting over powered by the Allied powers in this war prevented Nazi Germany from taking control. Also a short time later after this war Germany finally surrendered to the allied powers.