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invasion of poland
Germany invaded it. It marked the beginning of WW2. German forces launched a blitzkrieg-style attack. -
Battle of stalingrad
the red army beats the German 6th army in a brutal 5 month fight. -
D-day invasion
marked the beginning of the end of WW2. 156,000 allied soldiers landing on beaches. Allied invasion of Norway and France. -
postwar occupation and division of Germany.
Germany was divided into 4 occupied zones. Great Britain in the northwest, France in the southwest, the U.S in the south and the soviet union in the east. -
Atomic Bomb oh Hiroshima
The U.S. ha made 2 atomic bombs for Japan. the first bomb hit Hiroshima witch killed 150,000 people. the second bomb hit Nagasaki witch killed 246,000 people.