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World War II

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From the beginning Of World War II in 1939 until the end in 1945, the battles between the Allied and Axis powers were violent and caused great destruction. It became a world dispute after the attack on Pearl Harbor. From then on, countries such as the United States, France, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, and many others fought vigorously until a victory was achieved. World War II officially began after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States declared war. The war was made up of a series of major events such as the Battle of El Alamein, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Battle of Stalingrad, and D-Day which all lead to the victory of the Allied powers. Multiple events lead to the declaration of World War II, such as Germany’s …show more content…

The battle took place on the street and it became one of the bloodiest battles in World War II. German troops began to run out of supplies and thousands of people died. Between the two countries they kept on fighting until Germany surrendered because Hitler did not want to lose any more of his people. The Axis powers learned that the Allied powers had an advantage. Hitler knew that he would have to anything in his power to give his troops an advantage in the war. In the year of 1944, Allied powers hoped to regain their control of France. Dwight D. Eisenhower led the Allied troops into a challenging, but important battle. Eisenhower knew that the battle would be a matter of life or death. He informed his troops of what they were getting into and mentioned to his troops that, “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you” (“D-Day”). Eisenhower’s words of wisdom towards his troops shows that he was getting his troops into a deadly situation, but he knew that they could win. Allied aircrafts traveled to Normandy to invade France and regain their power. The battle took place on five beaches, two of the beaches were Omaha and Utah. One of the soldiers said, “With a stream of lead coming towards us, we were at the mercy of the Germans” (“The D-day Invasion” 819). This means that they could not tell the result of the battle yet. At each beach they were violently

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