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__**Turning Points**__

__**Timeline**__

__**Paragraphs**__ D-Day D-Day is a famous event in the war where the Allied powers were able to invade The beach of Normandy. Normandy was part of the Nazi controlled France at the time. This invasion would be the largest ever aquatic invasion in the history of the World. Many of the Allied soldiers were gunned down when the beaches were stormed. While many people died, this was important because by winning at Normandy the Allies were able to give themselves a foothold into France with a supply line direct from England. This would let them go and retake France and the many other countries Germany had taken over. D-Day was important because it began the long process of taking back the lands Germany had taken over, and eventually finish the Germans themselves off. Germany had dominated all most all of Europe except for England because it was an Island with a much stronger navy than the Germans. The Allied powers meet in England for months to plan out the invasion of Nazi occupied France. After preparing for many months it was finally the day of invasion. Even though many people died on both sides of the effort, D-day is one of the biggest Successes in the War. After gaining a foot hole into France the Allied powers were able to bring in over new and fresh troops, and new supplies from England. From there lead the campaign to end the reign of German dominance in Europe. D-day happened Tuesday June 6 1944 and on 30 April 1945 Hitler committed suicide, with Germany surrendering May 7th 1945. In just under one year from the invasion on D-Day the Allied powers were able to win the war in Europe. A picture of General Dwight D Eisenhower giving the order to invade Normandy
 * Anschluss
 * 12 March 1938
 * Munich Agreement
 * 30 September 1938
 * Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
 * 23 August 1939
 * Invasion of Poland
 * 1 September 1939
 * Battle of Britain
 * 10 July – 31 October 1940
 * Lend-Lease Act
 * 11 March 1941
 * Pearl Harbor
 * December 7th 1941
 * Midway
 * 4-7 of June 1942
 * Operation Barbarossa
 * 22 June 1942
 * Stalingrad
 * 17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943
 * El Alamein
 * October 23rd to November 3rd 1942
 * D-Day
 * Tuesday June 6 1944
 * Battle of the Bulge
 * 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945
 * Hiroshima
 * August 6, 1945
 * Nagasaki
 * August 9th 1945

Primary Document: http://www.kansasheritage.org/abilene/ikespeech.html the orders that were given by President Eisenhower.

Stalingrad

Stalingrad is a city in Russia, that played a key role in the prevention from a total European invasion. Germany was advancing deep into Russia before the winter. At Stalingrad if the Russian soldiers were able to hold out till winter they knew they would have a chance to repel and beat the Germans back. While there were many casualties on both sides of the battle, the Germans who came in strong became very weak. Their supply lines had become delayed due to the harsh temperatures, and many people either froze to death or starved to death. Eventually The Germans surrendered and retreated. This is important because it showed that the Germans could be defeated and they were not perfect.

Stalingrad was a major turning point in the war because it was the first major battle that Germany suffered while invading the different European nations. It also saved the Russians from being cut off entirely from its oil supply and one of its biggest production cities. Germany was advancing deep and fast into the heart of Russia. They arrived in Stalingrad in July 1942. It was during the summer and they were becoming more and more confident with each city they had taken. When they got to Stalingrad they thought it would be an easy victory and they would soon crush Soviet Russia. However on 2 February 1943 the Germans surrendered and retreated from the city after 6 months of dug in trenched fighting seeing many casualties on both sides. This is important because it showed that the Germans could be defeated, as up to this point the Germans were able to essential march to a country and dominate it.

Primary source,

http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/great-patriotic-war/pdf/diary.pdf - this is the diary of a German soldier who fought a Stalingrad and what he saw and witnessed.

Hiroshima

Is a Japanese city, who, in World War II was the first city in the history of the world to have an atomic weapon of mass destruction used on it. The United States of America used one of its two atomic bombs on the city on August 6th 1945, to show the power and force of the bomb and that the United States wanted to end the war. Around 80-100 thousand people died because of either the explosion of the bomb or the radiation fall out that came after the explosion. Very soon after the bombing the Japanese surrendered and the seconded World War was officially over.

The bombing of Hiroshima was very important for several reasons. The first is that, as President Truman promised, it would bring an end to the War. The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, and Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945. Another important thing that the bombing of Hiroshima did was save the lives of hundred of thousands of USA and Soviet soldiers who were preparing to invade Japan. The war would have continued for several years as it would be house to house fighting and very bloody. The last major thing that it did was show the true danger of a Atomic weapon. As everyone saw the dangers of the bomb, not only from the explosion but also from the radiation. Since The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki no Atomic Weapon has been dropped on any country.



Primary source: http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=57315085 - the diary of a Japanese physician during and right after the time when the atomic bomb was dropped

Map

This is a map that shows who was on what side during World War II and who decided to remain neutral during the war.

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