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The rape of nanking was significant because it was one of the largest mass killings in modern history and was one of the worst violations of humans rights in history it was also preceded by the huge battle of nanking which was one of the largest battles in the sino japanese war and marked the fall of the chinese capital -
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the battle of britain was an air battle over the british isles fought between the british and german airforces for air supremacy. germany hoped that by destroying the british airforce they would be able to launch a naval invasion of the british isles however the british air force was able to maintain air supremacy and a german invasion was never able to happen this is important because it let britain hold out against germany for as long as it did before the american entry into the war -
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The doolittle raid was a bombing campaign over japan. it was important because it showed that it was possible to bomb japan and that they where not invincible and served as a major morale boost to the american soliders in the pacific and the american public -
The battle of el alamein was a land battle fought in the deset near el alamein in egeypt between the british and german armys. it was important because it marked the turning point in the campaign in north africa as it was the moment when rommels push towards cairo was stopped and the british offensive against the germans began -
The battle of stalingrad was an urban battle fought inside the city of stalingrad in the soviet union. it was fought between the soviet and german armies. it was the largest battle ever in human history with each side having a million or more casualites. it also marked the end of the german offensive and the beginning of the soviet offensive that would end in the capture of berlin -
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The battle of the bulge was a land battle fought between allied and german forces in the ardennes region of france. it was important because it was the last major german offensive against the allies of the war and would end in a german defeat. its end marked the beginning of the allied invasion of germany -
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the battle of iwo jima was the naval invasion of the japanese island of iwo jima by the united states marine corps. it is important because it was the bloodiest battle for the us marines and also marked the first japanese home island to fall to the us. -
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The battle of okinawa was a sea land and air battle fought on the japanese island of okinawa by the us and japan it was important because of the sheer number of casualties inflicted on both sides it gave the united states a taste of what the invasion of japan would be like and led to the decision to drop the two nuclear bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki later that year -
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