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This event was the invasion of China by Japan. Japan ended up taking a major part of China. This was important because Japan needed territory and this helped them gain territory. -
This is the tactic that the Germans used to try to win the war. They used this tactic because of how effective it was. Some effects and impacts of it were the killing of 1500 people and 11000 homes being destroyed. https://www.britannica.com/event/the-Blitz -
This was a battle between France and Germany which Germany ended up winning. This was significant because Germany took a big part of France.
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The bombing of Pearl Harbor was when the Japanese launched an air attack on our Pearl Harbor Military Base. The Japanese did this because they thought that it would cripple our military. The impact of this is the USA being dragged into the war and later the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (From Notes) -
This was a conference to discuss the mass murder of the Jews and what to do. It happened because they needed to talk about the Jewish "problem". The impact of this was the "Final Solution" to end the "Jew Problem". https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii -
The Battle of Midway was a significant part between the USA and Japan. It was a naval battle and it stunted the growth of the Japanese empire. It impacted the result of the war between us and them. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway#:~:text=This%20critical%20US%20victory%20stopped,several%20even%20larger%20naval%20battles. -
This was one of the battles between Germany and the USSR. The Russians ended up winning and it halted Germany's advancement into Russia. It was significant because Germany stopped advancing any further east. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad -
The USA, France, and Britain invaded a part of France to gain back territory that was taken by Germany. We did this to loosen Germany's grip on Europe. We ended up winning and taking back lost territory. The impact of this battle was us being able to gain ground to get to Germany. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii -
It was a last-ditch German military counter-offensive against the Allied armies in the West. An impact of it was the death of over 100,000 people. It marked the last German offense on the Western Front. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii -
This was the free of the concentration camps. It happened because the Soviet Union discovered the horrors of what they were. The impact of this was the freeing of thousands of Jews -
The US Marines invaded Tokyo because they seeking a strategic staging area for a possible attack on Japan's mainland. It happened because the USA wanted to use the island as an airbase. An impact of this is us getting the air base and the death of 7000 Americans. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii -
This was the last battle of WWII. The goal was to secure the island, which was the last barrier between the USA and Japan. We ended up winning the island. There was a total of 49000 people killed. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/battle-of-okinawa#:~:text=By%20the%20time%20Okinawa%20was,high%20as%20150%2C000%20civilians%20killed. -
This event marked the end of WWII in Europe. It happened because the Allies beat Germany. The impact of it was no more fighting in Europe. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii -
On this day, the USA dropped one of the 2 atomic bombs that we had on Hiroshima. On the 9th, we dropped the other one on Nagasaki. We did this because we wanted Japan to surrender quickly. The impacts of this were the death of thousands of people and led to the surrender of them less than a week after. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii -
This event marked the end of the war between the USA and Japan. It happened because Japan surrendered. The impact of this was no more war. https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Experience/VJ-Day/