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Japanese invasion of China
Japanese forces already had possession of Manchuria. They refer to it as the Sino-Japanese war that lasted from 1937 to 1945. A mob attacked five Japanese monks left one dead and led to the Japanese bombing the city. http://factsanddetails.com/asian/ca67/sub426/entry-5329.html -
Rape of Nanking
Nanking government flees to Hankow. Japanese General ordered Nanking to be destroyed. Much of the city was burned roughly 250,000 men were war prisoners and were massacred and an additional 50,000 male civilians and raped at least 20,000 women and girls of all ages many were mutated and killed in the process. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-rape-of-nanking -
German Blitzkrieg
Considered a lightning war is designed to cause this organization among the enemy forces by the use of mobile forces in locally concentrated Firepower. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Roughly 1.5 million German troops invaded Poland long with 1750 mile border with the government-controlled territory. To Hitler, The Invasion would bring living space. the USSR came to Poland Aid Germany signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union to divide Poland as a part of their plan. Britain signed a treaty to help Poland with Military Support.
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Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes can find the American naval base in Hawaii damaging nearly 20 American Naval vessels more than 2,400 Americans died during the attack with an additional 1000 injured to pay was extremely prepared all Americans were caught off-guard. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Bataan Death March
Around April 9th the US surrendered the Bataan Peninsula on the Philippines Island to the Japanese and approximately 75000 Filipino and American troops were forced to hike a 65 mile march to prison camps thousands of them perished. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Shortly after the invasion of Poland from Germany 400,000 Jews were confined to an area of the city that was just over one square mile. A symbolic act the Germans blew up the Warsaw great synagogue. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/warsaw-ghetto-uprising -
D-Day
Also known as Battle of Normandy it lasted from June 1944 to August 1944. 156000 Americans British and Canadian Forces landed on five features along a 15-mile stretch. it was one of the largest amphibious military assault in history. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler try to split Allied armies in Northwestern Europe by surprise egg through the Artemis to Antwerp. The Allies line took the appearance of a large bulge in attempts to keep the vital Bridge heads secure. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Liberation of concentration camps
Nazi death camps where Jews were kept like animals. Being gassed starved slaves and just full of suffering and death. Once the West find out they started to liberate them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaEvC70_6Eo -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a huge battle between the US Marines in the Japanese Imperial Army. This battle is considered one of the bloodiest of all of the World War II battles. The Americans believe the attack on the lam lasted just a few days at most. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was the last major battle of World War II, and one of the bloodiest. The Navy’s Fifth Fleet and more than 180,000 U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps troops moved on the Pacific island of Okinawa for a final push towards Japan. The invasion was part of Operation Iceberg, a plan to invade and occupy the Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa. -
VE Day
Also known as Victory in Europe day. "Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine."
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Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
A blast equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city to ruins and immediately killed 80,000 people. Tens of thousands more died in the following weeks from wounds and radiation poisoning. Three days later, another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, killing nearly 40,000 more people. A few days later, Japan announced its surrender. https://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 unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victory over Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.” The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
