World War 2

Germany Invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

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1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory.The German luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France did not believe that. On september 3rd they declared war on Germany, starting World War II.

Soviet union Invades poland and Baltic nations

Sep 17, 1939

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As Soviet troops broke into Poland, they unexpectedly met up with German troops who had fought their way that far east in a little more than two weeks. The Germans receded when confronted by the Soviets, handing over their Polish prisoners of war. Thousands of Polish troops were taken into captivity; some Poles simply surrendered to the Soviets to avoid being captured by the Germans.In September and October 1939 the Soviet government invade baltic stat

Germany Invades France and Captures Paris

Jun 14, 1940

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German forces defeated Allied forces in a series of mobile operations, which lead to the conquest of France.During the invation of france German Panzer IV tanks passed through a town in France.The results of the invasion of france were;German victory, Fall of the French Third Republic,and Establishment of the Free French Forces

Germany Bombed London

Sep 7, 1940

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On September 7 1940, the Luftwaffe unleashed a merciless bombing campaign against London and Britain's major cities. Instead of breaking morale, however, the raids only galvanised the will of the British people for the rest of the war.The effects of all of this were 430 people getting killed and over 1600 were seriously wounded.This all started because of an accident by the Luftwaffe but it was an accident that was to have dire consequences.

Lend-Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

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The Lend-Lease Act was proposed late 1940 but was placed on March 11 1941.the Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. The act permitted the United States to support its war interests without being overextended in battle.The Act was made because President Franklin Delenor Rosevelt wanted to try to brace the british so they can stand up to hitler.

Germany invaded Soviet Union

Jun 22, 1941

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Under the codename Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.German troops pushed into the USSR from the south and west, with a third force making their way from the north towards Leningrad.The invasion breaks the non-aggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939.The Soviet Union was victourious at the battle of stalingrad.

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

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On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles.The operation ended January 7, 1942.

Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

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on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.The japanese destroyed nearly 20 american naval vessels and over 300 airplanes.More than 2,000 american soldiers and sailors died while 1,000 were wounded.

U.S Declares war on Germany And Japan

Dec 8, 1941

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On December 8, 1941, the day after Japanese forces attacked the American military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Franklin Roosevelt addressed Congress and asked for a Declaration of War with Japan. On December 11, 1941, the United States Congress declared war upon Germany hours after they declared war on the U.S.

Germany Declares War On U.S

Dec 11, 1941

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On 11 December 1941, several days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States declaration of war against the Japanese Empire, Nazi Germany declared war against the United States, in response to what was claimed to be a series of provocations by the United States government when the US was officially neutral during World War II.

The Bataan Death March

Apr 9, 1942

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The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war which began on April 9, 1942,after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. About 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach their destination.

U.S victourious win againts Japan

Jun 7, 1942

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Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. At the Battle of Midway, Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties.The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.

Warsaw ghetto uprising

Apr 19, 1943

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II.From April 19 to May 16, 1943, during World War II residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged an armed revolt against deportations to extermination camps. The Warsaw ghetto uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German-occupied Eastern Europe.

Liberation of Western Europe

Jun 6, 1944

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Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning.By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and WW2 was beginning to end.

Liberation of Consentration camps

Jul 23, 1944

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Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other killing centers. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners.

Battle of the Bulge

Dec 16, 1944

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.The Battle of the Bulge began on December 16 1944 and ended on January 25 1945.The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes

Battle of the Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

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The Battle of Iwo Jima began on Febraury 19 1945 and ended on March 26 1945.The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations.

Battle of Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

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Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II the Battle of Okinawa involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. By the end of the 82-day campaign Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualtie including 14,000 dead.It ended on june 22 1945

U.S dropped atomic bombs on Japan.

Aug 6, 1945

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President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.The explosion immediatly killed over 80,000 people.This forced Japan to surrender which ended World War II.