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The trigger of ww2, Hitler invaded Poland for his "expansion goals" for living space. claiming lost territory's like the polish corridor. -
During the battle of France, as German forces bypassed the Maginot Line through the Ardennes, overwhelming allied defenses and capturing Paris by June 14th, leading to a French armistice on June 22nd. -
More than 800 fishing boats and other "little ships," including some piloted by civilians, rescued approximatley 338,000 soldiers over nine days. -
British civilians edured both day and night attacks that reflected prewar airpower theories. -
A decisive turning point in ww2, crushing Germany's advance into the USSR,marking the beginning of the end for the Nazi Germany by forcing Hitler onto the defensive and boosting allied morale. -
The allied military operations in Italy during ww2 -
On D-day, massive allied forces launched operation overlord, the largest amphibious invasion in history, landing over 150,000 troops on the beaches of Normandy, France, to liberate western europe from nazi occupation. -
A bold large scale allied airborne assault in the Netherlands, aiming to seize key bridges and bypass German defenses to reach the Ruhr, potentiallyending the war by Christmas, but it failed primarily because British found forces couldn't reach the furthest bridge in time. -
Nazi germanys final major offensive campaign on the western front during ww2. -
The mark of the formal acceptance of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender to the allies.