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The Japan invasion of China War started in July 1937 when the Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops. `
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The German army moved quickly so it was also calle the "lightning war". Germany quickly overran most of Europe. This war happened because Germany wanted to buid its empire but felt that other Europeans were restricting that.
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The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. This was characterized by extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy’s air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming numbers of troops, tanks, and artillery.
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Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. 4.5 million troops launched a surprise attack deloyed from German- controlled Poland, Finland and Romania. Hitler wanted the resources Soviet had.
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Hundreds of Japanese fighrter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. They destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessesls, 8 battleships, and about 200 airplanes.
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A coordinated bombing assult on the city of Hamburg, Germany. Left over 1 million residents homeless and killing 40,000-50,000 civilians.
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Some 156,000 Americans,British, and Canadian forces landed on five on 5 beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region
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Fight between the United States and Japan. The U.S. gained control of the islands of Iwo Jima and the airfields. The Marines raised a flag on the top of Mount Suribachi
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Two U.S. Marines and two Army divisions landed on Okinawa facing 155,000 Japanese ground, air and naval troops holding an immense island on which civilians lived.
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An official annoucment of the End of World War 2 in Europe. German troops finally laid down their arms.
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An Amerrican B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over southern Japanses city of Hiroshima. Wiping out arounf 90% of the city killing aroung 80,000 people. Thousands more would die of the radiation exposure. Three days later a second B-29 dropped another bomb on Nagasaki.
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Japan had surrendured unconditionally to the Allies, ending WW2.
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Germans used over 200,000 troops and nearly 1,000 tanks to break through the U.S. line. Killing thousands of American troops. They had English Speaking Germans behind the Allied lines lying to the Americans
