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Japanese invasion of China
Japan invaded China -
Rape of Nanking
Japanese troops raped 20,000 women -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Hitler signed a nonagression pact with Poland in exchange for land and Germany attacked Poland -
Fall of Paris
Germans invade Paris -
German Blizkrieg
Military tactic designed to create among enemy forces. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler invades Soviet Union. Germany was defeated -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked American naval base in Pearl Harbor Honolulu,Hawaii -
Wannsee Conference
"Final Solution of Jewish Problem"confinement of the ghettos -
Battle of Midway
Naval battle in the Pacific -
Operation Gomorrah
Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 civilians as a result of German bombing. -
D-Day normandy invasion
Invasion of Europe -
Operation Thunderclap
Bombing of Dresden "warcrime" -
Battle of Iwo Jima
No Japanese surviors -
VE Day
Both American and Britain celebrate victory in Eutope Day defeating Nazi war machine -
Battle of Okinowa
island hopping to refuse bombs -
Potsdam Declaration
The Japanese surrenders -
Dropping the atomic bomb
b-29 bomb worlds first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima -
VJ Day
Japan had surendered unconditionally to the allies ending ww2 -
Battle of Bulge
3 German armies deadlest battle