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Japanese invasion of China
http://apjjf.org/-Diana-Lary/3449/article.html Japan attacked China in a fight about communism. Tons of people had a tough time surviving. No regions could escape the impact of the war. -
Germany Invades Poland
https://sites.google.com/site/intheirownwordsproject/germany-invades-poland Germany invades Poland on this day. Basically, everyone was attacking Poland around this time. There were a ton of troops after Poland and there was nothing to do about it. -
German Blitzkrieg
The term means "Lightning War" in German.It's a military tactic that's used to mess with enemy forces through fire power. -
Pearl Harbor
http://www.nationalww2museum.org/see-hear/collections/focus-on/pearl-harbor.html?gclid=CJeE4YCD29ICFVGHswodPMYIaw?referrer=https://www.google.com/ It was the first wave in the operation of Hawaii. The attack shocked every american out there.But most of their attention was toward Hitler and his plans for his conquest. -
Bataan Death March
http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/bataan-death-march Bataan Peninsula surendered to the Japanese. The Japanese rounded up the captured men, and told them to march. They were forced to walk 75 miles in temperatures over 100 degrees.No food, no water, and they barley got any rest. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005188 The Germans murdered more that 30,000 jews. Some jews remained in the ghetto for hiding. 5,000-6,600 ghetto residents were deported. -
D-day
A ton of allied troops landed along a french coastline, they fought Nazi Germany on beaches in Normandy France. A ton of people died on the day of D-day. -
Battle of the Bulge
80,000 millions or more americans were killed.It was a German Campaign for World War 2. Hitler attempted to split the allied forces up and the americans fought desperatly to stay alive. -
Liberation of concentration camps
https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724 Soviet Soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners. Germans were forced to leave these prisoners behind, along with their belongings and everything they own. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
It was attacked by three marine divisions.There was a ton of prisoners here. There were lots of caves, dugouts, and tunnels, There were many americans dead and wounded. -
VE day
http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/at-a-glance/v-e-day.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ There was a ton of destruction, A lot of things like vehicles were brought back. -
Battle of Okinawa
It was a series of battles that were fought and that the Japanese lost. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The US had been the first to use atomic weapons during the wartime. They dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Einstein had warned them that Germany was already doing research.
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Rape of Nanking
Thousands of people were brutally murdered.These events are known as the Nanking massacre.These acts were committed by the Japanese troops.
