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Rape of Nanking
These were a month long events that was caused by the Japanese army who murdered and raped the citizens of China's capital of Nanking http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm -
Blitzkreig
Germany wanted a quick war. The war was fought with heavy artillery, with weapons such as tanks and planes being the main contributors of the damage throughout Europe. This all was apart of Germany plan to take over the world, bit by bit. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005437 -
Fall of Paris
The collapse of France, just six weeks after Hitler's initial assault, completely destroyed the balance in Europe because France (especially Paris) was such an essential part of the European system. This led to the defeat of the allies in France http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/fall_france_01.shtml -
Battle of Britain
The German and British forces fought in the air against each other between the summer and fall of 1940. The cause of this battle is Hitler and his army wanted to take over the world, and this was just an attempt at doing so. Britain ended up winning this battle, and kept their land. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese had a devastating attack on the military base pearl harbor based near Honolulu, Hawaii. Destroyed 20 navy ships and 300+ airplanes. This attack from the Japanese killed 2,400 civilians and wounded 1,000 people. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Battle of Midway
This battle was almost completely fought in the air. The war was fought in response to the Japanese trying to seize the Midway islands. The Japanese and american forces sent out a huge carrier fleets to the battles as well https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway -
Warsaw ghetto uprising
German troops and police invaded the ghetto where many Jews lived. They were there because they wanted to deport the living Jews to concentration camps/ killing centers. This became the start of concentration camps and the biggest attack on Jews ever. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005188 -
D-DAY
A battle where 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. This battle was very hard and they had to put fourth their best effort. This battle is considered the start to the end of the fighting in Europe. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Liberation of concentration camps
The soldiers of the soviet union were the first to free the concentration camps. The first camp to be freed was Majdanek in Poland. Later in 1945, the american soldiers made a very big effort to invade Auschwitz on January 27th 1945. They helped save thousands of people who were inside the camp after the Germans retreated.British, Canadian, American, and French troops all were key parts in the liberation of many concentration camps.
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Battle of the buldge
On 12/16/1944 the Germans applied they're last major offence in the war. The reason the bulge shape was created was because of the shape of the forest outlining the american western front. It was a quarter of a million German soldiers against only 80,000 American soldiers. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge -
Operation Thunder clap
The British air force and the United States army bombed Dresden, Germany. This was caused by the allies not knowing how to aid the Soviets from the Nazi's. They came up with a plan, where they have bomber forces bomb a few large German occupied cities. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II -
Iwo Jima
America invaded Iwo Jima through the use of water with carriers, boats, ships and planes being a key part of the battle of Iwo Jima. The battle was defended by 23,000 Japanese troops. American forces won the battle. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Battle of Okinawa
Okinawa was the last major battle of ww2. America tried to give a hard push to the Japanese in a last ditch effort to take down the Japanese. This was towards the end of the war where a lot of the key things happened and we were trying to finish up the war. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED
The dropped a five-ton bomb named the enola gay over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A blast equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city to ruins and immediately killed 80,000 people. This raised the tensions between countries and then by 1949 the soviets built their own atomic bomb and the nuclear arm race began http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VE day
This day is the day that Great Britain and America celebrated victory in Europe. They have now defeated the Nazis in an attempted reign over Europe. Many POW's were freed days after the surrender. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
V-J DAY
On august 14 it was announced that Japan had surrendered to America. President Harry S.Truman said “This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbor. This is the day when Fascism finally dies, as we always knew it would.” http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
