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rape of nanking
In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst atrocity during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war.About 300,000 Chinese civilians took refuge inside their Safety Zone. Almost all of the people who did not make it into the Zone. -
Japanese invasion of China
A Japanese soldiers captured Great Wall of China in 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Empire of Japan and the Republic of China had been at war since 1931, but the conflict escalated in 1937. They carried out bombs and attacked China. Japanese soldiers fight in Shanghai, China in 1937. The battle of Shanghai lasted from August through November of 1937.
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Germany's invasion of Poland (1939)
Hitler gives order to invade Poland. Germany basically wanted to take over the whole Europe continent. They wanted to capture the Polish capital Warsaw. Britain and France say that thier warning is becuase of Germany's invasion of Poland. Germany invaded Poland and World War II began.
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German Blitzkrieg
In German, Blitzkrieg means lightning war. Blitzkrieg was named so because it included surprise attacks, "Lighting fast" rapid advances into enemy territory, with coordinated massive air attacks, which struck and shocked the enemy as if it was struck by lightning. The German military in. First, Hitler was convinced that the deployment of the world's first armoured corps would swiftly defeat the Polish armed forces in a blitzkrieg offensive. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
Fall of Paris
By May 1940, Europe had been at war for nine months. Yet Britain and France, despite having declared war on Germany in September 1939 following Hitler’s attack on Poland, had seen little real fighting. This tense period of anticipation – which came to be known as the ‘Phoney War’ – met an abrupt end on 10 May 1940, when Germany launched an invasion of France and the Low Countries.
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Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was launched to begin the east front - the German Invasion of the Soviet Union. The plan was to capture the capital of Moscow in little more than eight weeks. The winter weather and the lack of supplies allowed the Soviet Union to rearm beginning the Battle of Moscow. HItler was glad he defeated, yet discouraged so many Soviet Union troops escaped the battlefield. Operation Barbarossa
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Pearl harbor
A Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appeaed out of the clouds above the island of Oahu.The attack prevents, at least for the short term, serious American interference with Japanese military operations. Japanese allies Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States, and again Congress reciprocated. More than two years into the conflict, America had finally joined World War I http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pearl-harbor-bombed -
Wannsee Conference
Fifteen high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." Heydrich announced that. Despite the understatement which appeared in the protocols of the meeting, the aim of the Wannsee Conference was clear to its participants: to further the coordination of a policy aimed at the physical annihilation of the European Jew. -
battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943), was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the U.S.S.R. during World War II.On July 9 Hitler altered his original plan and ordered the simultaenous capture of both Stalingrad and the Caucasus. Army Group South was split into Army Group A (under Field Marshal Wilhelm List) and Army Group B (under Bock). In the Mamayev complex is the tomb of Chuikov, who went on to lead the Soviet drive to Berlin and who die -
Japanese Internment
Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II. Despite the lack of any concrete evidence, Japanese Americans were suspected of remaining loyal to their ancestral land. Succumbing to bad advice and popular opinion, President Roosevelt signed an executive order in February 1942 ordering the relocation of all Americans of Japanese ancestry to concentration camps in the interior of the United States http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Memorial Death March is a challenging march through the high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range, conducted in honor of the heroic service members who defended the Philippine Islands during World War II, sacrificing their freedom, health and, in many cases, their very lives.The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands perished in what became known http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Battle of Midway
World War II naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. Together with the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Midway ended the threat of further Japanese invasion in the Pacific.Whereas the Japanese had no land-based air support, the Americans from Midway and from Hawaii.
Ended:June 7, 1942
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Manhattan Project
The world's scientific community discovered that German physicists had learned the secrets of splitting a uranium atom. Fears soon spread over the possibility of Nazi scientists utilizing that energy to produce a bomb capable of unspeakable destruction.
The world had entered the nuclear age.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-is-briefed-on-manhattan-project
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D-Day (NORMANDY iNVASION)
the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.General Dwight Eisenhower was appointed commander of Operation Overlord.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. American losses included 5,900 dead and 17,400 wounded.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
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Battle of Okinawa ended:June 22, 1945
The battle of Okinawa, also known as Operation Iceberg, took place in April-June 1945. It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies. This article gives an account of the 80 day plus battle for the Island of Okinawa which some have described as the "typhoon of steel".
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VE Day
Tuesday 8 May 1945 was Victory in Europe (VE) Day, and it marked the formal conclusion of Hitler's war. With it came the end of six years of misery, suffering, courage and endurance across the world. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine.
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Dropping of atomic bombs
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War.If U.S. officials truly believed that they could use their atomic monopoly for diplomatic advantage, they had little time to put their plan into action. By 1949, the Soviets had developed their own atomic bomb -
VJ Day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. In Washington on August 14, President Harry S. Truman announced news of Japan’s surrender in a press conference at the White House: “This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbor.Many V-J Day celebrations fell out of favor over the years due to concerns about their being offensive to Japan.
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Battle of the Bulge
On December 16, 1944, the largest battle the US Army had ever fought in history began among the snow-covered evergreens of the Ardennes forest in Belgium.In reality, 30 of Germany’s crack divisions were forming up for a counter offensive designed to cut the Allied army in two, and ultimately capture the port of Antwerp.
ended:january 1945
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