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refers to the widespread atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in and around Nanking
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A form of warfare used by German forces in World War II. In a blitzkrieg, troops in vehicles, such as tanks, made quick surprise strikes with support from airplanes.
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A form of warfare used by German forces in World War II. In a blitzkrieg, troops in vehicles, such as tanks, made quick surprise strikes with support from airplanes.
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When German took over Paris
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original name Operation Fritz, during World War II, code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on June 22, 1941. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war.
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Japan bombed American Battle ships docked at Pearl Harbor
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was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee during WW2
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was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war from Saisaih Point and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Pampanga, where the prisoners were loaded onto trains.
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A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from American aircraft carriers blunted the Japanese naval threat in the Pacific Ocean after Pearl Harbor.
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A major battle between German and Soviet troops in World War II.
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Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.
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Last major German defense during WW2
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was the code for a cancelled operation planned in January 1945 but shelved and never implemented. The plan envisaged a massive attack on Berlin in the belief that would cause 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed, many of them key German personnel, which would shatter German morale.
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It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies.
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Victory in Europe day
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U.S. dropped Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Japan ceased fighting in World War II