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The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing.
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It was military tactic calculated to create psychological shock and resultant disorganization in enemy forces through warfare weapons.
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Germany used their power to invade Poland. This is known as the official start of WW2.
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German forces occupied Paris unopposed on 14 June after a chaotic period of flight of the French government that led to a collapse of the French army.
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Japan attacked America. Japan used many suicide bombs to attack America.
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Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
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The last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.
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Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.
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The Battle of Okinawa was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
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VE day was Victory in Europe Day. Was a holiday to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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The new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. The American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war.