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The Japanese invasion of Manchuria started on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.
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On May 10 1940, German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 6 June 1944. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940 and attempted an invasion of France.
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Bombing of Hamburg during World War II included numerous strategic bombing missions and diversion/nuisance raids.
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On August 1944, an operation code named Thunderclap, but it was shelved and never implemented. The plan envisaged a major attack on Berlin that caused 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed, many of them key German personnel, which would break German morale.
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The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender is a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.