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Pearl harbor
Attack on pearl harbor was a surprise attack on the united states. The Japanese Navy bombed the naval base of pearl harbor. The Japanese bombed pearl harbor because they wanted to take over the pacific. This is was the first time the united states was attacked, this is when the untied states started to get involved in the war. -
Raping of Nanking
Imperial Japanese army forces murdered, raped and brutally hurt and killed soliders and civilians in the city of Nanking. Women were sexually assualted -
German Blitzkrieg
This was a military tatic that the german used to create disorganization against enemies. german forces tried out the blitzkrieg in poland in 1939 before successfully emplying the tatic with invasions of Belgiun. -
Fall of Paris
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Fall of Paris
Germans invaded France super fast through Belgium, Nazis take over France. France is out at the beginning of the war. England was left to fight the war until we got involved into the war. -
Operation Barbarossa
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Operation Barbarossa
This was the code name for NAzi germanys World war 2 invasion of the soviet union. Which was launched on junn 22 -
Bataan Death March
The surrendered flipions and Americans got rounded up by the japanese and then were forced to march 65 miles to mariveles on the southern end of bataan peninsula to San, Fernando. Men were divided into groups and then started to march. Many men died on the way but the survivors got sent to prisoner of war camps. Many men died there from sickness. -
Battle of Midway
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Battle of Midway
It was a naval and air battle. This battle happened in the Pacific ocean. This battle was against the Japaneses and the United States. It was the first time the United States won in a naval Battle. -
Battle of Stalingrad
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Battle of Stalingrad
The sucessful soviet defense of the city stalingrad during world war 2. German forces were defeated in their attempt to capture an industrial port city on the Volga River in the soviet union. It was a very deadly battle. Crushing defeat for Germany. It was a turing point in the war. With allied victories in North africa crushing the defeat of hitler and the nazis. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
This was the 1943 act of jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto. German occupied poland during world war 2 which opposed Nazis -
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Invasion of of Italy
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Operation Thunderclap
This was the code for the cancelled operation that never happened. The plan investigated a massive attack on Berlin. The plan was reconsidered in 1945, but was rejected again and smaller plan of attacks were chosen. The plan was to kill about 1000000 germans -
Battle of the bulge
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Battle of the Bulge
This was the last major offense the germans could master on the Western front of world war 2. It was there last chance to slow or stop the allies to move across Europe. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
This battle was when the U.S Mariens landed on and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the japanese Imperial Army. It was a volcanic island. It was the Pacific war, It was very bloody and a lot of people died. It was 700 miles away from tokyo. -
Battle of Okinawa
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Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces invade the japanese island of OKinawa. This was the last and biggest of the pacific island battles of world war 2, It was the first Japanese home island to be invaded. Strategic island close to japan to help allies finish japan and the war. The battle was on many different islands. It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific of world war 2.There were many deaths -
VE Day
It is known as World War 2 Victory day. It was unconditional surrender of the Nazi Germany. Which led to the end of World War 2 in Europe. It was the end of Hitlers war. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
The United states dropped a bomb over the japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States was the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during war. Japan surredneders in world war 2. -
VJ Day
Or september 2nd 1945. VJ stands for victory over japan day. This is when Japan unconditionally surrendered to officially ending world war 2. The atomic bombs and the Soviet Union declared war on Japan before VJ day. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
