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Japan invaded china because of economic reasons and it ended up being one of the first battles of the war.
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Germans attacked France in order to expand their empire and quickly defeated them.
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The Japanese attacked pearl harbor because the US controlled that island and had a lot of military supplies there. It was the event that brought the US into the war.
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They entered the camps and found hundreds of prisoners starving and exhausted. This ended up saving countless lives.
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The US captured a Japanese controlled island, and ended up shutting down the Japanese air fields.
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This was the official end of the war. It was when Europe recognized Germanys surrender.
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The US dropped two bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and killed more than 80,000 people instantly and tens of thousands more would soon die of radiation. This ended up being the event that ended the war.
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This was the day that the Japanese surrendered, which it's effect ended the war.
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This was a battle led by the US against Nazi Germany in Normandy, France. This was an Allied victory and this helped trap Germany helping end the war.
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This was the last major German offensive battle, its effects were that the Germans lost so badly that they no longer had any recourses to attack the Allies.