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Events Of World War 1- Mika'il Khan

Published on Dec 14, 2015

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PEARL HARBOR

  • Date: December 7, 1941
  • Location: Hawaii
  • Summary: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
  • Historical Significance: Triggers America's entry into WWII, fighting beyond our allies
Photo by expertinfantry
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D-DAY

  • Date: June 6, 1944
  • Location: Europe
  • Summary: Prior to D-Day the Allies conducted a large-scale deception
  • Historical Significance: largest amphibious military assaults in history
Photo by Official U.S. Air Force
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NUREMBURG TRAILS

  • Date: 1947
  • Location: Nuremberg, Germany
  • Summary: series of military tribunals
  • Historical significance: held by Allied forces after WWII
Photo by Marion Doss
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ATOMIC BOMBS ON HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI

  • Date: August 1945
  • Location: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Summary: United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Historical significance: killed at least 129,000 people
Photo by BillPellowe
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BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL

  • Date: August 1941
  • Location: Solomon islands
  • Summary: was first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theatre
  • Historical Significance: was first major defensive
Photo by Konabish ~ Greg Bishop
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GERMANY INVADES POLAND

  • Date: September 3, 1939
  • Location: Poland's borders
  • Summary: after heavy shelling, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans
  • Historical significance: Warsaw surrendered to Germany
Photo by roger4336
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IWO JIMA

  • Date: February 19, 1945
  • Location: Iwo Jima
  • Summary: American soldiers make first strike on Japanese Home Islands at Iwo Jima
  • Historical significance: American soldiers make first strike on Japan
Photo by England
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TOKYO TRIALS

  • Date: November 4, 1948
  • Location: Tokyo Japan
  • Summary: trial ended with 25 of 28 Japanese defendants guilty
  • Historical significance: one of e tree defendants, two had died during the lengthy trial, and one was declared insane
Photo by R. Lanning
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ALLIES CAPTURE OF BELIN

  • Date: January 12 , 1945
  • Location:
  • Summary: Red Army reached German front as result to Vistula - Order Offensive
  • Historical significance: Red Army advanced westward as much as 40 kilometers (25 miles) a day
Photo by Peer.Gynt
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YALTA CONFERENCE

  • Date: February 4, 1945
  • Location: Livadia Palace
  • Summary: Was theWorld War II meeting
  • Historical significance: United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union all were a part of this meeting
Photo by vanberto
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LEND-LEASE ACT

  • Date: March 11, 1941
  • Location: U.S.
  • Summary: U.S supplied France, Great Britain, Republic of China, and later USSR and other Allied nations free supplies
  • Historical significance: ships were returned after the war
Photo by Peer.Gynt
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BATTLE OF MIDAY

  • Date: June, 1941
  • Location: Pacific campaign
  • Summary: U.S defeats Japan in one of the most decisive battles
  • Historical significance: one of the most decisive battles of WWII
Photo by Official U.S. Navy Imagery

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