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Rape of Nanking
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. -
Germany invades Poland(1939)
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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German Blitzkrieg
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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German Blitzkrieg
Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic -
Fall Of Paris
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 -
Pearl Harbor
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. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
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 -
Battle of the Bulge
On this day, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war -
Battle of 2 Jima
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 -
Battle of Okinawa
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. -
VE- Day
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. -
Dropping of the atomic bomb
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. -
VJ- day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war.
