11 Iconic Battleelds of WWII Then And Now

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Nov 7, 2015

After just over 70 years we look back at 11iconic locations of the Second World
War as they were then and as they are now.

WWII Starts Gleiwitz Radio Station

The Gleiwitz incident was a false flag operation by Nazi forces posing as Poles on
31 August 1939, against the German radio station atGleiwitz in Germany on the

eve of World War II in Europe. Under the pretense of this supposed Polish attack
Germany attacked the next day.

The Fall of France Paris June 1940

Spring 1940, the Germans have invaded France and after the withdrawal of the
BEF, Germany launched a second operation, Fall Rot. While the depleted French
forces put up stiff initial resistance, German air superiority and armoured mobility
overwhelmed the remaining French forces. German armour outflanked the
Maginot Line and pushed deep into France with German forces arriving in an
undefended Paris on 14 June. France was now out of the war, Europe was under
the Nazi Jackboot.

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US Joins the War Pearl Harbor / USS Arizona

The attack on Pearl Harbor was the surprise military strike by the Imperial
Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United
States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to
the United States entry into World War II.

First Japanese Defeat Midway Island

The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacic Theater.
Between 3 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
the United States Navy decisively defeated an attacking invasion fleet of the
Imperial Japanese Navy.

The Beginning of the End Stalingrad

The battle for Stalingrad was a turning point on the eastern front, over a million
men died in this battle,The German 6th Army was destroyed and the Germans
slowly pushed into a defensive role. Pictured is the Flour Mill, before the battle and
as it is preserved today.

Liberating

Western Europe D-Day / Omaha Beach

Omaha Beach was the code name for one of the ve sectors of the Allied invasion
of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944.
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