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The Rape of Nanking was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of China, by the Japanese. The Japanese committed to mass murders, rape, looting, and arson. This lasted six weeks starting December 13, 1937. -
Nazi Germany Surrenders
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The Evacuation of Dunkirk also codenamed Operation Dynamo, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the harbor of Dunkirk. Saving around 338,226 soldiers. Started May 26 and ended June 4, 1940 -
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The Doolittle Raid was a United States air raid on Tokyo, it was the first air operation against the Japanese and was a retaliation attack back from the Attack on Pearl Harbor. It provided a moral boost for the Americans after Pearl Harbor. -
The Battle of Midway took place six months after the attack on pearl harbor. The U.S. Navy defeated an attacking fleet of the Japanese Navy. The plans for the Japanese to take some islands of Hawaii were stalled with the United States controlling the pacific.This lasted from June 4 1942 to June 7 1942 -
The Battle of Stalingrad was a campaign between Russian forces and Nazi Germany, the battle was one of the longest and bloodiest battles, nearly 2 million people were either killed or injured. This battle was a turning point in the beginning for the victory of the Allies. It lasted from August 23, 1942 through February 2, 1943 -
The beginning of the war
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The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign on the western front, this was Germany's last attempt to try and beat the Allies, and this was a turning point as it was the last major offensive by Germany, and in defeat, they would retreat. This lasted from December 16, 1944, to January 25, 1945. -
When Russian troops discover Auschwitz, they found 648 corpses and more than 7,000 starving camp survivors. Before the russians arrived, the germans had tried to rid all evidence of their crimes, so they went on a mass murder spree killing the captured to hid their crime. -
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The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle were the United States captured Iwo Jima from the Japanese. It was one of the first invasions on the Japanese Islands. From February 19, 1945 to March 26, 1945 -
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Nazi Germany surrendered, but Japan was still active
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