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Nazi Soviet Pact August 1939

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The Germans singed a non aggression pact with the soviet union, it was meant to keep Britain from entering a war. At this event it was decided that their gonna split Poland among themselves

Nazi Invasion Of Poland September 1939

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This was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, German blitzkrieg overruns Poland, Quick German victory.

The Fall Of France May 1940

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Hitler’s army moves through the Ardennes and around the Maginot Line

Reach France’s Northern coast in 10 days & France surrenders

this was very important cause they were a big army and surrendered

Miracle at Dunkirk spring 1940

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Allied forces pushed to the beaches at Dunkirk, French & British troops rescued by 850 British ships

The Battle Of Britain May 1941

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German Luftwaffe makes nightly bomb raids over Great Britain, New technology (Enigma, Radar) allow British RAF to hold off Germany and prove Hitler can be stopped

Operation Barbarossa June 1941

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Germany breaks non-aggression pact & invades the Soviet Union

Soviet Union uses Scorched Earth Policy and holds back Germany at Leningrad

Germany moves on to Moscow and Stalingrad, By the end of Barbarossa, the largest, deadliest military operation in history, Germany had suffered close to 775,000 casualties. More than 800,000 Soviets had been killed, and an additional 6 million Soviet soldiers had been wounded or captured.

Stalingrad August 1942- February 1943

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Germany wanted to seize oil fields and capture Stalingrad

German troops surrender to the Soviet Union due to starvation and cold

Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

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Japanese surprise attack on the US in retaliation for cutting off their oil supply

19 American ships sunk or damaged

More than 2,300 Americans killed & the US enters the war

This unprovoked attack brought the United States into World War II, as it immediately declared war on Japan.

D-Day June 1944

2125617 — 2024-03-28 16:19:57 UTC

Massive invasion of Europe planned by Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower

Normandy, France is selected as the best location

It led to the liberation of France, denying Germany any further exploitation of that country's economic and manpower resources.

The liberation of Europe April 1945

2125617 — 2024-03-28 16:23:04 UTC

Allied soldiers push into Paris and free France

Soviet army closes in on Germany from the east

US & British forces advance from the west

The Battle of Berlin begins in April 1945

Hitler commits suicide that month

The battle of Midway June 1942

2125617 — 2024-03-28 16:24:22 UTC

Japan targeted Midway to get the whole US fleet to the island.

US attack on Japanese aircraft carriers and was successful

Turning point of the war in the Pacific

battle of Guadalcanal August 1942 – February 1943

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Allies attacked Japanese airbase in Solomon Islands

Battle turned into a savage struggle & ended with more than 24,000 dead

Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa Febuary- June 1945

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Brutal fighting over small islands close to Japan

Extremely high casualties on both sides

Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6th and 9th 1945

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President Truman informed an invasion of Japan might cost a million lives

Dropping the bomb would be the quickest possible end to war

Approximately 140,000+ Japanese civilians died in the atomic bombs

Radiation fallout killed more. Led to Japanese surrender

By the end of 1945, the bombing had killed an estimated 140,000 people in Hiroshima, and a further 74,000 in Nagasaki. In the years that followed, many of the survivors would face leukemia, cancer, or other terrible side effects