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an attempt by the newly re-emerged Poland, led by Józef Piłsudski, to seize former Polish lands, -central and eastern Ukraine, torn in the warring among various factions, both domestic and foreign, from Soviet control. -
a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. -
a six-week period following the Japanese capture of the Chinese city of Nanjing. During this period, hundreds of thousands of civilians were murdered and 20,000-80,000 women were raped by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. -
The union of Austria with Germany, resulting from the occupation of Austria by the German army -
European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further. -
military tactic calculated to create psychological shock and resultant disorganization in enemy forces through the employment of surprise, speed, and superiority in matériel or firepower. -
2nd Battle of El Alamein Allied Victory and turning point in Western Desert Campaign -
crucial military strategy used by the U.S to gain control of the pacific islands controlled by the Japanese during WWII. -
United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II -
was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies (Hungary, Romania, Italy, Croatia) fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
US troops fight Germany for 1st time and are crushed, over 230,000 German & Italian troops were taken as POWs -
Japanese suicide bombing tactic designed to destroy enemy warships during World War II. Pilots would crash their specially made planes directly into Allied ships. -
This was a surprise attack by Germany and it caught the American soldiers and their friends off guard. -
By the end of 1944, the allied forces had reached the Rhine rivers, leaving a gateway to German Industry in the Ruhr. Frantically the Germans attempted to blow up bridges at Remagen, Rees, and Wesel. The allies crossed the remaining bridges under heavy fire, but were aided in American paratroopers, that were dropped behind enemy lines. They soon mopped up resistance which consisted of old men and young boys. -
largest amphibious assault of the Pacific War of WWII, the taking of the island Okinawa by the Allied Powers for use as a base for air operations
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