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Japanese invasion of China
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7 ... -
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German Blitzkrieg
A german term for "lightning war", blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemny forces through the use... -
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Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, officially known as the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist. -
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Fall Of Paris
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. -
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Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on Decemb... -
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Wannsee Conference
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. By May 16, 1943, the Germans had crushed the uprising and left the ghetto area in ruins. -
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Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap, had been under discussion within the Allied Command for some time, the proposal was to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport.... -
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D-Day (normandy invasion)
The Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944, with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, Canadian... -
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of Bulge in the Ardennes region of Belgium was Adolf Hitler's last major offensive in World War 2 against the Western Front... -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. Located 750... -
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VE Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day (Great Britain)or V-e Day (North America), or simply as V-Day is a a day celebrating the... -
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Liberation of Concentration
it was the largest extermination and concentration camp, to which over a million people had been deported from all over Europe.... -
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Dropping of the atomic bombs
An american B-29 bomber dropped the worlds first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima... -
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Vj-Day
The day (August 14) in 1945 on which Japam ceased fighting in World War 2. or the day (September 2) when Japan forkally surrenderd...