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Japanese invasion of china
JULY 7,1937 a clash occurred between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping in North China this clash happened When intensified military activity on the part of Japan was noticed and brought to attention. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/china.htm -
Rape of Nanking
The Nanking Massacre was mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the people of Nanjing then the capital of the Republic of China. was over a six week span starting on December 13, 1937 -
Germany invasion of poland
The German Soviet Pact which stated that Poland was to be enabled Germany to attack Poland without the worry of Soviet union attacking. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
Germany Blitzkrieg
A German term for lightning war blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to potentially stun the enemy forces .successful done results in short fight which saved lives and limits the expenditure of artillery. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
Opertation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was a code name for the Nazi German plan for the invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II which was launched on Sunday 22 June 1941. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa -
pearl harbor
The attack of the Japanese on the naval base stationed in Hawaii that event led up to the bombing of Hiroshima. -
Bataan death march
The Bataan Death March was the forcible movement by Japanese Army of 60,000 80,000 Filipino and American prisoners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Death_March -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle on the Eastern Front which Nazi Germany and the allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city Stalingrad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Move Ghetto population to Treblinka to potentially wipe the the Jewish race by burning alive or gassing to death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising -
Allied invasion of Italy
The Allied invasion of Italy was landing on mainland of Italy and attacking that happen on September 3, 1943 during the early stages of the of World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy -
D-day (Normandy invasion)
June 6, 1944, known as D-Day, when 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50 mile stretch of the heavily armed and protected coast of France’s Normandy. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive of World War II. It was launched through forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg, on the Western Front, towards the end of World War II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge -
Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war, later overran several other killing centers. On January 27 1945 they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners whihc for the most part end the camps. https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724 -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle for the United States. U.S Marine Corps landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
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Battle of Okinawa
Named Operation Iceberg was a series of battles fought in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest assault in the Pacific War during World War II.
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VE day
On may 8,1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations as well as Western Europe.
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Dropping of the atomic bombs
On August 6, 1945, President Harry S. Truman said that any attempt to invade Japan would result in mass amount of American soilders deaths and ordered Enola Gay know as the American bomber to dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
Vj Day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered and that the war was finally over. www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a naval battle in the Pacific during World War II was Between june 4 and 7th 1942. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway -
Fall of Paris
Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940 and attempted an invasion of France.German forces attacked Paris on 14 June after a Long period of fighting the French government that led to a collapse of the French army.
