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Germany Invades Poland
1.5 million German troops invaded poland at 4:45 A.M. They used a strategy that was known as the blitzkrieg strategy which required lots of offensive weapons. Once Hitler made a base of operations he immediately started creating a security strategy to defend against any attack against poland. (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland) -
Germany Invade France
This battle ended up not lasting very long because Paris wasn't expecting them to attack the way that the Germans did. By the time that german tanks got to Paris over 2 million people had fled. The rest of the day consisted of arrests, and interrogations. -
Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor
On December 7th hundreds of Japanese plans had attacked Pearl Harbor. More than 2000 American soldiers had died in the attack. Their goal was to destroy the entire American Pacific naval fleet. When the attack was over all that was left of the pacific fleet was the few ships that had returned to the mainlands. The next day President Roosevelt had declared war. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Germany Declared War on The US
Hitler had thought that Japan was stronger than it actually was. So his plan war to first take out the United States. Then after the US was defeated he would take out Russia. So at 3:30 (Berlin Time) he declared war against the US on December 11 1941. -
US Declares War against Germany
The US had began sinking german U-Boats. So as a result Germany declared war on the US. Then later that same day the US declared war on Germany. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-declares-war-on-the-united-states -
Battle of Stalingrad
On September 3rd Germany attacked Stalingrad which was a major industrial city in Russia. The Russians were determined and ready to defend the attack. The battle lasted until February 2 1943 General Paulus surrendered http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
D-Day
The allied forces had attacked German forces in france. This battle lasted for an entire month. By the end of August German troops had surrendered. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Germany bombed London
Germany bombed london every night for 76 nights. The reason that they attacked at night was so that they would not be seen. The whole time that the germans were dropping the bombs they were aiming for the docks. -
Battle of Midway
6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor the Japanese had launched an attack to try and destroy the remaining American aircraft carriers that had escaped destruction in Pearl Harbor. Their plan was to attack a target relatively close to Pearl Harbor. Then when the American naval forces got close enough they would launch another surprise attack on the remaining fleet. But American Commanders knew what they were going to do so they countered the Japanese attack. -
US Bombed Japan
On August 6th President Harry Truman issued that we drop nuclear weapons on 2 major Japanese cities. Later that day an American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Then just three days later another B-29 bomber dropped another atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. Because of these bombings Japan surrendered
