Back in the day (6th or 7th grade) I was a World War II nut. My friend Pete Foster got me interested with the tv show "Band of Brothers," and I was really into the first Call of Duty computer game. I ended up reading a few WWII books including a monstrous book that covered literally everything in the war.
Here is a brief rundown of what I know.
Germany was being a real nuisance under their new leader Adolf Hitler. They invaded Austria and Poland and then used a lightning fast type of warfare called Blietzkrieg to take over some other countries, including France. They bombed England a ton and this was called the Blitz. Meanwhile Japan was taking over most of East Asia and bombed Pearl Harbor to cripple America's military fleet while they captured more places and took over oil reserves. This backfired because it enraged Americans and motivated them to defeat Japan. A lot of people don't know that the US was fighting against Japan on a bunch of tiny islands in the Pacific that no one had ever heard of before we fought against the Nazis. On June 6, 1944 the Americans, British and Canadians stormed the beach at Normandy to fight back against the Nazis and get a toehold in France. The operation was a success and allied forces slowly fought their way to Berlin. Some battles included Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and over in Russia, the battle over Stalingrad was major.
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