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Japanese invasion of China
china fought japan with some economic help from germany they fought in mainland china and burma -
Germany's invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland also known as the september campaign or the 1939 defensive war in poland it started September 1,1939-October 6,1939 -
German Blitzkrieg
Germany successfully used the blitzkrieg tactic against poland which is a lightning war -
Pearl Harbor
The attack commenced at 7:48am hawaiian time the base was attacked by 353 japanese fighter planes, bombers and torpedo planes in 2 waves launched from 6 aircraft carriers -
D-Day
on june 6,1944 more than 160,000 allied troops landed along a 50 mile stretch of heavily fortified french coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy France more than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircrafts supported the D-Day invasion -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War 2 -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa codenamed operation iceberg was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands centered on the island of Okinawa and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific -
VE Day
Victory in Europe day generally known as VE Day or simply V-Day was the public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the allies of world War 2 of Nazi Germanys unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
President Harry S Truman warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties ordered that the new weapon be used to being the war to a speedy end -
VJ Day
News of the surrender was announced to the world this sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of world War 2 as a formal surrenDer ceremony was held in Tokyo bay aboard the USS Missouri at the time president Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day
