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the war (1894–95) between China and Japan over the control of Korea that resulted in the nominal independence of Korea and the Chinese cession to Japan of Formosa and the Pescadores. the war that began in 1937 as a Japanese invasion of China and ended with the World War II defeat of Japan in 1945.
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Also known as the September campaign, or the defensive war in Poland , the Germans had invaded Poland
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A form of warfare used by German forces in World War II. In a blitzkrieg, troops in vehicles, such as tanks, made quick surprise strikes with support from airplanes. These tactics resulted in the swift German conquest of France in 1940 (see fall of France). Blitzkrieg is German for “lightning war.”
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Was the code name for Nazi´s Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union , the beginning end of Hitler
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An inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the southern coast of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It became the site of a naval base after the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898. On Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the base, and the United States entered World War II the following day. Pearl Harbor.
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Was a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel
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The Battle of Hamburg, codenamed Operation Gomorrah, was a campaign of air raids beginning 24 July 1943 and lasting for 8 days and 7 nights.
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Was the the code for cancelled operation planned in August
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The Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. The Battle of the Bulge, so-called because the Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line, was the largest fought on the Western front.
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A major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
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also known as operation iceberg was the largest amphibious landing in the pacific theater of World War II
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It was the end of World War in Europe , victory over Japan
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Japan ceased fighting in World War II, or the day (September 2) when Japan formally surrendered.