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Japanese invasion of China
Japan wanted more power and resources, they invited China to gain that power from them. Japan ended up gaining control of larger parts of China rafter there attack on China. This ended up giving them more power and resources as well as more land.
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The rape of Nanking
The Japanese invaded China and killed many remnant Chinese soldiers and destroyed and stole many Chinese properties. They also killed many Chinese citizens and raped the women, and killed all the men that are to be in the war went the country is put into war. This was really bad for China losing a lot if there men for war and losing resources and weapons and things they need and a much lower population.
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German blitzkrieg
The blitzkrieg was a term used to describe a method of offensive warfare use by the nazi Germany in world war 2. This mad it possible for the nazi to sweep though Portland, Norway, Belgium, Holland and France. They were able to make it though quickly and efficiently.
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Ribbentrop/Molotov pact
This was a non-aggression pact that the nazi Germany and the Soviet Union had between each other. This pact was about to partition Poland between the two of them. This pact made it so the either of the countries would be able to keep peace between the two and that both count not ally themself to or aid an enemy of the other country.
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Germany’s invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland for the reason they though that Poland was planning to invade Germany, so they wasted to go it first and surprised Poland. They thought Poland was coming with Great Britain and France there allies to take over Germany.
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Fall of Paris
The nazis invaded France, had lost against them and Paris had fallen under the control of Germany. France has signed am armistice with Germany as well. They fell for the soul purpose that they had a weak military leadership and bad military tactics, while Germany had a great powerful military leadership and a stronger military.
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Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa is also called operation fritz the name was a code name for German invasion of the Soviet Union. Hillier wanted the east for more living space for Germany and wanted to enslave there population. The nazis can in for an attack and ended up coming back on them and the lost that war with the Soviet Union.
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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the Harbor in Hawaii to start a war between them and America. The Japanese thought the Americans were trying to attack them so they made there first move on America. After this America declared war on Japan creating the would war 2.
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Wannsee conference
This was a meeting of the nazi german officials and the schutzstaffel leader about the Jewish question. They want to take the Germans that are in Europe to take them to Poland and will be murdered. They was to lower the number of the Jews so some slowly will be sent to va,ps were they don’t know they will soon be killed there,
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Bataan death March
The Bataan peninsula surrendered in main Philippine island, about 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan had to March 65 miles to the prison camps. They had hard times marching all the way there and the Japanese guards were treating them to very harsh treatments on there way there,
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Battle of midway
This battle was between the us navy and the imperial Japanese navy that lasted 6 months long after the attack of Pearl Harbor. On the island midway us had a strong defensive base and it had dashed japans hopes of winning the war. Japan also thought they would be able to neutralize the us as a naval power and get the world war 2 to start happening in the pacific.
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Operation Gomorrah
The battle of midway was an air sea battle and America thought they would be able to win easily. Japan knew that america had a successful defense of a major base in midway island and brought Japan to thing if they attack there and win, that then they would be able to neutralize US as a naval power. They also believe they would be able Roo bring would war 2 in the pacific.
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D-day
This was the beginning of a new battle called operation overlord, they had 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces on five different beaches ready to fight. Northern France was liberated and soon the allies had defeated the Germans, and this had become the beginning of the end of war in Europe.
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Battle of bulge
This battle ended January 25, 1945, and was called the greatest American battle of the war. This ended up being Adolfo hitlers last major offensive against the western front. Hitler wanted to split the allies and drive to Germany, with that Germany was unable ir divide Britain, France and American.
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Operation thunderclap
A series of allied firebombing raid had begun against the German city Dresden, to lower the “Florence if the Elbe” turning it in the rubble and flames. This event ended up killing about 25,000 people, and this led to the Germans surrendering, but before this event the Germans were about the surrender and this was there breaking point.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
This battle lasted 5 weeks, the purpose of America invading the Japan island was they had there airfields located on Iwo Jima a island located a little off Japan. America was dropping bombs on the island as an attack, and boat sent open fire into the island from the coast of the Iwo Jima. But the end of the battle the island was in America’s hands and Japan had lost the battle in there home land.
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Battle of Okinawa
This was the last major battle of world war 2, and one of the largest. America invaded the island Okinawa in order to take control of the Japan airbases which would the end for Japan, the general on the japan side ended up committing suicide ended the war. At the end Japan lost the war and America gained control.
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VE Day
VE Day is victory in Europe, they surrendered and ended up taking them out of work war 2. This day is a good day for Europe for the idea that Europe was able to get out of a bad war thought the world and be able to keep what they had and not lose more men weapons and resources during the war.
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Dropping of the atomic bombs
The atomic bombs were created by scientists and only used twice in war against Japan. The bombs made a large explosion killing many people, and made America stronger then the rest of the countries.
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VJ Day
V-j day is a national day in Japan called victoryover Japan day that goes to the day that Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945 on the U.S.S Missouri. The surrender ended the world war 2 and stopping all the battles in the world.
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