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Japenese invasion of China
Japan invaded China. The reason Japan invaded China was because Japan wanted power over everything. The result of this "War" was Japan couldn't defeat all fo China like they wished too, so they moved on to Pearl Harbor, the USA. -
Rape of Nanking
Japanese soldiers went into the town of Nank and detroyed homes, burned then killed men and women cut them up and raped girls of all ages. Matsui was found guilty of these crimes and was excuted. -
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Germans invade Poland
Germany invaded Poland. Hitler thought that if he invaded Poland it would give the Germans more living space. After the invasion, France went ot war with Germany along with many others. -
Battle of the Atlantic
When German troops took Atlantic on by surprise by water/ocean and the german barely had supplies. -
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Fall of Paris
This was German invasions of France that defeated the French and gave German victory. -
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Operation Barbarossa
Hitler brought army forces into the Soviet union to defeat to defeat the Union, Hitler brought the finest trained forces and defeated the Union, -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor happened when the Japanese bomb a u.s hawiian miliatary base. This bombing caused the U.S to enter World War 2. This also brought U.S. at war with Japan. Many soldiers where killed at this event, It was also a surprise bombing. -
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Battle of Wake Island
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Wannsee Confernce
This confence was held to decide if Jewish people were actually the problem and if they were what were the Germans suppose to do about them. This initattly started consentration camps and other tortures to Jewish people. -
Bataan Death March
When Fillipono and american troops got captured by germans and had to walk a very long time and were only fed rice, many people died. -
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Battle of Midway
This battle helped the u,s defeat Japan and help us get ahead, It also put the us in an offenssive line of fire. -
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Battle of Guadalcanal
the u.s surprise attack on Japan. The u.s took over a military base that was under construction. Both sides had huge casulties, but the Japanese were worst, which caused them to drawl back. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodest fights in world war 2. It killed over 2 million soldiers and civilans, This is said to be one of the best fights in world war 2, It stopped Soviet movements and defeated them. -
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Battle of El Alamein
This was a battle between North Africa against Italy and Germany. Italy and Germany had the bigger army which destroyed North africa. This brought the U.S into the fight -
Operation Torch
This was the British invasio of Africa. It destroyed and Africa had lots of lifes lost. -
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Warsaw Ghetto uprising
The Germans put the Jewish into a very small place so they would be able to handle them all. No one knew what was coming next. These ghettos were very small and very dirty. They were barley liveable -
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Allied invasion of Italy
This was the invasion of Italy that made Italy surrender, -
Battle of Monte Cassiono
The battle of Monte Cassiono was one of the longest most bloodiest war ever seen. This was a fight with every one. -
D-Day
D-Day is when u.s troops invaded Normandy Germany in a force to take out hitlers army. Many lifes were lost that day both from U.S and Germany. Germany gained some land, but the start of d-day meant the u.s troops started their long journey across Germany to defeat Hitler. -
Liberation of Concertartion camps
This was the time when the allied force finally find all the concertration camps and helpe save as many people as possible. The world war was almost at an end here and many people were saved. -
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Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden is an air invad to Germany which was unsuccessful.Montegomery wanted to invaded German lands from an air invade that would surprise German soldiers. The U.S was unsuccessful, -
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Battle of the Bulge
THis was Germany attacking places like Luxenburg and other place in attempt to end World War 2.Most of Germany forces were taken down along with lots of tanks and other weapons. Germany basically lost this fight. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
This battle occured because of the U.S need of a military base by Japan. The U.S won and raised a flag for victory, The u.s then got a military base by Japan. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle was the allied troops taking on a land by Japan to be able to fight them. This war was one of the bloodiest in the pacific and this war eventually caused Japan to surrender 2 months later, -
VE Day
This was a holiday to celebrate allied forces. And to show apprication towards people who rise their lifes. -
Postdam Declatation
This was Japanese ending in the war, they surrendered with this note. -
Dropping of Atomic Bomb
The dropping of the atomic bomb was when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb, or very huge bomb on Hiroshima. It wiped out most of Hiroshima and surronding areas. This made Japan back out of world war 2. -
VJ Day
The day that ended World War 2. After U.S bombed Japan, the enxt day, or short hours later Japan surrundered. People then celebrated the end of World War 2 -
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Nuremberg Trials
This was a trial for the holocaust. Hitler killed himself before they could trial him. Many doctors, high ranking police officers, and many other important people were tried for the number of murders from the concentration camps.
