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rape of nanking
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Japenese Invasion On China
On December 12, 1937 the Government and people of the United States were surprised by the news of the bombing and destruction by Japanese aircraft of the United States. A note was sent to Japan on the evening of December 13. Then the United States ambassador in Japan received it the next day. -
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WWII
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ribbentrop/molotov pact
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Germany's Blitzkrieg
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Germany invaded Poland.
Germany’s invasion in Poland: Germany’s Invasion was one of the causes of World War II. After coming to power, Hitler made an nonaggression pact with Poland in 1934.The cause of Germany’ s invasion was that Hitler had previously managed to take over Austria and Czechoslovakia in the eighteen months leading up to his invasion of Poland. -
fall of paris
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operation barbarossa
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The attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor: The attack on Pearl Harbor was on December 7, 1941. It was in Hawaii and the attack was by surprise by the Japanese aircraft. Afterwards, the United States wanted war on Japan. Following Germany's declaration of war on the United States, the United States also declared war on Germany. -
Wannsee Conference
The wannsee Conference was a meeting held in Berlin suburb of wannsee on January 20, 1942. The point in the meeting was about Jews and making one a chief executor. -
bataan death march
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battle of midway
This battle fought newa the central pacific island of Midway. Before the battle, the Japanese were offensive. They took over territory in Asia and the Pacific. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah was on July 24, 1943. It was a bombing and killed nearly 50,000 people and wounded 37,000. About 3,000 aircrafts were deployed also. (Moved troops into position for military action.) -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion 1944.)
The Normandy invasion was on June 6, 1944. The term, “D-Day” was used for the day of actual landing. An airborne assault landing of 24,000 British, American, Canadian, and French troops. Hitler was convinced that the landings would actually occur the North near Calais, though it really wasn’t. -
Battle of the Bulge
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Operation Thunderclap
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battle of iwo jima
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battle of okinawa
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VE Day
VE Day was the day of Victory in Europe, from which the initials VE come. It was the end of world war 2 in Europe. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs:
On 6 August 1945 a bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It killed around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the deaths of 40,000 more. -
VJ Day
