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The Holocaust
It is a known genocide, which took out six million Jewish people. It also cause the death of five million non Jewish people. The Holocaust took place in a German ran territory. -
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Japan invaded China
After Pearl Harbor, China officially joined the allies powers. When they joined they issued a formal declaration of war against Japan and other axis powers. Them starting a war with Japan, merged it with the conflict of WWII. Causing the largest Asian war of all time. It was responsible for most of the deaths in the pacific war. -
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Japan Invades China
It was a military conflict fought mostly between china and japan. China fought japan, with some assistance from germany, soviet union and the US. After the japanese attack on pearl harbor in 1941, china joined the allies powers. They gave a formal declaration war on japan. -
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Munich Conference
The Munich conference was a agreement allowing Germany's annexation of Czech. Many European powers were there like Germany and the Soviet Union. Today is considered a failed act of peace. But the purpose of it was to discuss hitlers demands. -
Non Agression Pact
The non agression pact was between germany and the soviet union. It was concluded a couple of days before the start of WWII. It divided eastern europe in germany and wsoviet spheres of influence. Soviet Union had been unable to reach a security agreement with Britain and France. -
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Germany invades Poland
The invasion of Poland was also known as the September Campaign. It was a invasion by, the Soviet Union and a little Slovak contingent that marked the start of WWII. The invasion by Germany began on the first of September, one week after the signing of molotov-ribbentrop pact. The campaign ended on the sixth of october. Germany and the SoviUnion divided and annxed the whole Poland. -
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Blitzkrieg
It was a war strategy used by Germany. it was a another term for lighting war. It was design to disrupt and confuse your opponents. It was mainly successful in short wars. -
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The Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain was a name given to the second World War, waged by the air force of germany against the UK. During 1940 The Battle of Britain was the first important campaing that was fought mostly by air forces. It was also the biggest and most crucial aerial bombing campaign to that date. The whole objective was for germany to get air superiority over the royal air force fighter command. -
Lend Lease Act
The Lend Lease Act, was a program under which the US gave Free France, Great Britain, the Republic of China and the USSR with food and other items. mainly the aid was free, but sometimes things such hardware was returned when the war ended. In the returned the US was granted leases on bases in allied territory while the war was going on. A total estimation of 50.1 billion worth of items, were transported to the US. -
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Operation Barbarossa
It was a code for Nazi germanys invasion of the Soviet Union. It started on the 22 of june. Over the duration of the operation, four million soldiers fromm the axis powers invaded Russia making it the largest invasion in world history. To add on, Germans employed some motor vehicles and horses. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Habor in Hawaii was bombed by Japanese armed forces. It was what made the U.S. Join the war. And it ultimately led to the start of WWII. -
Bataan Deathmatch
It was a transfer of flippinos and American prisoners. It all started after a three month battle of war. Thousand of American and flippinos died on that day. Till this day the death total varies. -
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Battle of Midway
It happend only six months after pearl harbor and one month after coral sea. The navy under admiral Nimitz, was defeated after attacking a fleet of the imperial navy. It was called the most crucial and critical blow in the history of warfare. The japanese operation, like pearl harbor sought out to take out US a power in the pacific. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major war of WWII. Which the nazis and its allies fought a hard battle against the Soviet Union for control of the city Stalingrad located in Southern Russia. It was marked by closed quarters and direct assaults on regular citizens by air raid. It is often regarded as the most mass -
D Day
It was a sea invasion of Normandy during WWII. It is considered the largest invasion by sea of all time. It led to the liberation of France which secured a allied victory. -
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The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, was major german offensive campaign. It launched the densely forested Ardennes region in Wallonia in Belgium, France. It also hit Luxembergon on its western front when they attscked toward the end of World War II. Eric Von Manstein planned it with the primary goal to recapture the harbor of Antwerp. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The bBattle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the US, captured the island of Iwo Jima. The american invasion designated the operation detachtment, which had the goal to capture the island. Three japanese airfields supplied a staging area for attacks on the main japanese islands. The five week battle of Iwo Jima made up some of the most brutal and bloodiest fighting in WWII. -
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Battle of Okinawa
It was fought on the ryukyu islands of okinawa. It included the largest assault in the pacific war during WWII. An 82 day battle went on from april until june 1945. After a long time of island hopping, the aisles approached japan. They planned to utalize okinawa a large island away from japan. -
V-E Day
VE Day was day celebrated on may 8 1945 to mark the formal acceptance of WWII. Nazi Germany surrendered its armed forces, Whith that happening it marked the end of WWII in Europe. And it signified the win over Germany. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
It happens during the final stage of WWII. The bombed itself, killed a total of 129,000 people in Hiroshima. Till this day, It remains the only time nuclear weapons have been used in history. -
Bombing of Nagasaki
Like Hirsohima, the total amount of people dead was 129,00 . Unlike other places Nagasaki was not off limits. They we're bomb five small times. Unlike Hiroshima, most of the building there were old and got destroyed. Later onduring it, the city summoned a aircraft to defend but it didn't work at all. -
VJ Day
VJ Day was the day Japan surrendered. Which caused the ending of WWII. Japanese officials boarded the uss Missouri in Tokyo bay, Japan. But in Japan, they mourn on this day because they lost and because of all the death that happend. -
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Warsaw Pact
The warsaw pact was collective defense treaty used by eight communist states. The states that used it were from Central and Eastern Europe. The Warsaw Pact was a part of a Soviet Military reaction to the integration of Germany. But it was mainly motivated by Soviet desires to stay in control of militray forces in Central and Eastern Europe.