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Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia for the resources.
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Rape of Nanjing-200,000-300,000 Chinnese massacred.
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Used airplanes as bombing and tanks at first line.
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On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
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20 warships, 200 aircrafts destroyed.
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U.s. invades North Africa under direction of general Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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FDR, Churchill, & Stalin meet to discuss plans for postwar peace
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Allied victory; volcanic island with miles of underground tunnels; famous Joe Rosenthal photo of flag raising on Mt. Suribachi
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Only 350 miles from Japan; largest invasion force in the Pacific; bloodiest battle in the Pacific; American victory
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Enola gay, Paul Tibets and his crew drop the atomic bomb.
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1st atomic bomb dropped on this Japanese city
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2nd atomic bomb dropped on this Japanese city
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Emperor Hirochito surrendered over the radio.
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