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Rape of Nanking
Japan invaded the Chinese city of Nanjing in December 1937. Then the Japanise soldier when and killed around 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians. Also, 20,000 to 80,000 women were sexually assaulted.At the time Nanjing was the capital of China. -
German Blitzkrieg
Was a Military tactic used by the Germans to cause disorgination to their enemies.This was their tactic when invadinding Poland. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a naval base in Hawaii. On December 7th, 1941 hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the harbor. Destroying eight battleships 300 airplanes and 2,400. America restricted selling oil to Japan after they invaded China. Because of this America declared war on Japan the next day.
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Wannsee Conference
It was a meeting of German officials to discuss their "final solution". This solution would solve their Jewish problem. This lead to the creation of concentration camps.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Wannsee-Conference -
Bataan Death March
The march of 75,000 American and Filipino troops to a prison camp 65 miles away. After the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan began to attack the American territory of the Phillippines. This ended with General Douglas MacArthur coming back and liberating the troops.
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Battle of Midway
Was one of the most decisive battles that America won against Japan. This battle happened only 6 months after Pearl Harbor
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
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D-Day
The beginning of the battle of Normandy. 156,000 American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Resulting in 9,000 American men dead also resulting in the liberation of Paris.
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Battle of the Bulge
German leaders wanted to split allied troops and surprise attack them. That ended with an allied victory anyway. It is called the Battle of Bulge because of the split German troops put into our troops.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
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Battle of Iwo Jima
It was a battle between the U.S Marines and the Japanise army. Japan's forces were weak so it was to weaken them even more. Resulted in an american win but japan never surrendered till 4 years after the war ended.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Liberation of concentration camps
One of the last thing done was the liberation of the concentration camps. The camps were liberated by all allied troops. The soldiers describe the prisoners as living skeletons.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/liberation -
Battle Of Okinawa
One of the last and Bloodiest battles in WWII. The U.S's 5th navy fleet along with 180,000 other troops was sent to the island of Okinawa, part of operation iceberg. With the win of this battle but the Allied troops at a potion to strick Japan's mainland.
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VE Day
Victory in Europe was a day celebrated in all allied powers cities. German troops laid down their weapons and in Burlin surrendering documents were signed. This ended the war only in Europe but was still something to be celebrated int he U.S.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Dropping the atomic bombs
The dropping of the atomic Bomb ends the war with Japan for the U.S which finally put an end to WWII. The bombs were used to end the war quicker and to have no American deaths. It ended with a Japanise surrendering and 80,000 dead.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VJ Day
Japan surrendered aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. After the bombing in Hiroshima Japan surrendered. This ended the war once and for all.
