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The Nanking Massacre was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, then the capital of the Republic of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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The invasion of Poland was a very significant event because Germany bombarded Poland on land and air as Hitler was seeking to regain territory.
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Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic
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Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic
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The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War
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Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. It completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S.
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The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II
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On this day, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war
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The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
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The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day, was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end.
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Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war.
