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Rape of Nanking
Japs raped and killed 300,000 out of 600,000 chinese people.
They did this because China had beaten them and Japn wanted revenge
Effects were that Westerners struck back at Japan to help China -
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World War II events
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German Invasion of Poland
Germans invaded Poland, Hitler said that the invasion was a defensive action but nobody believed him.
Effects were that Britain and France declared war on Germany -
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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg or lightning war was the concentration of weapons on a small battlefield they used this because it was very effective.
Effects of the blitzkrieg was that Germany won many battles. -
Fall of Paris
Germany invaded and took over Paris, France because the French had declared war on Germany.
Effects are that the United States decided not to enter the war -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was when the Japanese bombed Hawaii to neutralize the United States Pacific Fleet.
Effect was that the United States entered the war. -
D-Day
D-Day was when the allied troops fought Germany on the French Coast to eliminate German influence in Western Europe.
Effect was that Germany began it's downfall. -
Battle of the bulge
This was when Hitler tried to split the allied forces in half to regain the Netherlands ports.
Effects were that Germany lost to many soldiers and supplies to replenish. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was when the American forces invaded Japan to take a base near the Japanese coast.
Effects are we took the island could monitor Japanese ships and it is in American lore. -
Battle of Okinawa
This was part of the campaign to take Japan so we needed to take air bases that would help invade Japan.
Effects were that it helped to gain air support for the raid of Japan. -
VE-Day
Britain and the United States celebrate victory of the German surrender.
Effects were it was the end of World War II -
Dropping Atomic Bombs
Dropped the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to bring the war to a speedy end.
Effets were that it destroyed Japan and ignited the Cold War. -
VJ-Day
This is when Japan surrendered to to the allied forces because of the atomic bombs that we had dropped.
Effects were it completely ended World War II.
