Six of the main events and battles during WWII
Title: Six of the main events and battles during WWII
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 1143 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Six of the main events and battles during WWII
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 1143 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Pearl Harbor
Japan needed to get trough the Pacific with ease so that their plans of an invasion of North America would be successful. The only thing that stood in their way was Pearl Harbor (owned by the United States). Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy, at approximately 8:00 A.M., Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. 353 Japanese aircraft had been in this assault and no declaration of war had been stated at this time. Therefore …showed first 75 words of 1143 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1143 total…secure the flanks and beach exits of the assault area. Amphibious crafts landed 130,000 troops on five beaches along the 50 miles of the Normandy coast. In the eastern zone, the British and Canadians landed on the beaches GOLD, JUNO and SWORD. The Americans landed on two beaches in the west which were UTAH and OMAHA. This was the last major battle for the allies in WWII and showed Hitler that he could not win the war.
