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Invasion of Poland
Germany defeated the polish army within weeks of the invasion with 2,000 tanks and 1,000 planes. -
Battle of Dunkirk
Between the Allies and Germany -
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
Part of Operation Catapult -
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Battle of Britain
Was the first major campaign be fought entirely by airforces and the most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. -
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sea lion was never carried out. -
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Operation Barbarossa
It was the code name for Germany's invasion on the Soviet Union. -
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Battle of Leningrad
An attack by the Germans to capture Leningrad. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor then the US declared war -
Battle of Guam
Engagement during the pacific war. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Major naval battle in the Pacific Theater between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
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Battle of Midway
The U.S. navy defeated the Japanese navy and caused the Japanese fleat a lot of damage. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
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Battle of Guadacanal
A battle between Allies and Japanese, The largest Marine operation of that time. -
Operation Torch
Allies invated French North America, this was the first time the Brtish and Americans worked on an invasion together. -
Battle of Tarawa
First American offensive in the critical pacific region. -
Anzio Landing
troops of the Fifth Army swarmed ashore on a fifteen-mile stretch of Italian beach near -
D-Day
American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy France -
Operation Market Garden
It was the largest airborne operation of all time. fought in the Netherlands and Germany. -
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Battle of the Bulge
Was the last attempt to split the allies by Hitler. The attack was mostly against Americans. -
Battle of Berlin
the Red Army breached the German front as a result of the Vistula Oder Offensive -
Battle of Iwo Jima
America fought for and captured IwoJima Japan. -
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Battle of Okinawa
250,000 lives were lost, and the U.S. navy lost 36 ships and 368 damaged. -
Hitler's Suicide
Hitler commited suicide by shotgun -
VE Day
There was victory over Europe -
Nagasaki
Naval base during WWII, target of the worlds second .atomic bomb attack. -
Hiroshima
Atomic bombing site. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan. -
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The Invasion of France
Germany invaded Belgium and wanted to gain control over france.
