BATTLES AND EVENTS OF WORLD WAR II

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BATTLES AND EVENTS OF WORLD WAR II
EVENT DATE PURPOSE KEY PEOPLE/ TERMS OUTCOME
Invasion of Poland 1939 Reclaim German land Hitler and Stalin split Poland German victory
The Fall of France 1940 Revenge Blitzkrieg lightning war German victory
Battle of Britain 1940 German defeat of Britain The BlitzGermans bomb London by air British victoryfirst Hitler defeat
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BATTLES AND EVENTS OF WORLD WAR II
EVENT DATE PURPOSE KEY PEOPLE/ TERMS OUTCOME
Invasion of USSR 1941 Germany wants living space Hitler backstabs Stalin 4 year battleUSSR victory
Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941 Stop U.S. power in Asia FDR day of infamy Japanese victory U.S. wants revenge
D-Day June 6, 1944 Allied invasion of Europe (France) EisenhowerAllied commander Allied victory Germany soon defeated
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BATTLES AND EVENTS OF WORLD WAR II
EVENT DATE PURPOSE KEY PEOPLE/ TERMS OUTCOME
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Aug, 1945 Force Japan to surrender Trumandecided to use a-bomb 200,000 deathsJapan surrenders
Yalta Conference Feb, 1945 Decide what to do after War FDR and Stalin FDR gives Stalin control of E. Europe after War
Nuremburg Trials 1946 Try Nazis for Holocaust 12 Nazis hanged