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The Japanese Invasion of China happened because the Japanese claimed that they were attacked by Chinese troops at the Marco Polo bridge near Bejing. During the Japanese's invasion, they launched a full scale invasion against China using the conquered Manchuria as a launching base for their troops.
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During World War II (1939-1945), 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. some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning.
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On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. On the eighth of May, German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their weapons. On May 9, the Soviets would lose 600 more soldiers in Silesia before the Germans finally surrendered. Consequently, V-E Day was not celebrated until the ninth in Moscow.
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In 1945 the End of World War II was celebrated on Victory in Japan (VJ) Day.The end of war was to be marked by a two-day holiday in the UK, the USA and Australia.Historic buildings all over London were floodlit and people crowded onto the streets of every town and city shouting, singing, dancing, lighting bonfires and letting off fireworks.But there were no celebrations in Japan - in his first ever radio broadcast, Emperor Hirohito blamed the use of "a new and most cruel bomb" used on Hiroshima
