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Japanese Invasion of China
A Japanese soldiers captured Great Wall of China in 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The Empire of Japan and the Republic of China had been at war since 1931, but the conflict escalated in 1937. They carried out bombs and attacked China. Japanese soldiers fight in Shanghai, China in 1937. The battle of Shanghai lasted from August through November of 1937.
Ended: Sep 9,1945
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German Blitzkrieg
In German, Blitzkrieg means lightning war. Blitzkrieg was named so because it included surprise attacks, "Lighting fast" rapid advances into enemy territory, with coordinated massive air attacks, which struck and shocked the enemy as if it was struck by lightning. The German military in. First, Hitler was convinced that the deployment of the world's first armoured corps would swiftly defeat the Polish armed forces in a blitzkrieg offensive
Ending October 6th, 1939.
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Germanys Invasion of Poland
Hitler gives order to invade Poland. Germany basically wanted to take over the whole Europe continent. They wanted to capture the Polish capital Warsaw. Britian and France say that their warning is becasue of Germanys invasion of Poland. Germany invaded poland and WWII began.
Invasion of Poland ended October 6th, 1939.
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Fall of Paris
Germany invaded France quickly due to France's weak miltary. British troops stayed in Paris. Winston Churchill told the French government to hold on and wait for the United States to help them. All the U.S. promised to send was milittary aid.
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Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was launched to begin the east front - the German Invasion of the Soviet Union. The plan was to capture the capital of Moscow in little more than eight weeks. The winter weather and the lack of supplies allowed the Soviet Union to rearm beginning the Battle of Moscow. HItler was glad he defeated, yet discouraged so many Soviet Union troops escaped the battlefield. Operation Barbarossa ended Dec. 5th, 1941.
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Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack on a naval base in Hawaii. 2000 American troops and soldiers died while 1000 were wounded. This led to America becominginvolved in WWII.
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Wannsee Confrence
Nazi leaders met up to determine what was needed as a final solution to eradicate Jews. Gas vans were one solution and were used throughout Poland. This meeting also led to the creating of Concentration Camps.
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Japanese Internment
On Feb. 19th, 1942 FDR signed executive order 9006 which implemented internment camps. There were nearly 127,000 Japanese Americans, most on the west coast. Internment camps lasted until the end of the war and the last camp wasnt closed until June 30th, 1946.
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Battle of Midway
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Battle of Stalingrad
This was the successful defense by the Soviets againist the Germans in what is now Volograd. It stopped the German invasion of Russia and was a turning point in WWII for the Allies. This was also one of the most deadly battles in history with 2 million military and civilian casualties.
Ended: Feb 2nd, 1943.
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D-Day
Around 156,000 Allied troops invaded the coast of Mormandy France. It was one of the largest amphibious assaults in historyand took extensive preperation. Marked the beginning to the end of the war in Europe.
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Battle of the Bulge
Germanys attempt to split U.S. and British forces in northern France. American troops were caught off guard by the assult. It was the costliest battle for U.S. troops which lost 100,000 men.
Ended: Jan 25th, 1945.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle came from Americas need of a base near japans coast. Iwo Jima was defended by 23,000 japanese and was attacked by 3 marine divisions. U.S. forces won the battle and captured Iwo Jima, although the island itself didnt help the war effort as much as it was expected.
Ended: Mar 26th, 1945.
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Battle of Okinawa
It was the last and deadliest battle of the Pacific War. The battle was fought over air bases that the U.S. needed for the projected invasion of Japan. It was the final land battle of the War and lead to America having the upper hand.
Ended: June 22, 1945
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V E Day
Marks the surrender of Germany and was celebrated by Allied forces. NEarly 1,000,000 German forces attemptedan exodous to the west but were stopped by thr Soviets. 13,000 British POW's were sent back to the UK.
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Potsdam Conference
Was the final meeting of the "Big Three." Allied leaders discussed what would happen to Germany and the unconditional surrender of Japan. Truman also mentioned to Churchill and Stalin his plans to drop the atomic bomb.
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Dropping the Atomic Bombs
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VJ Day
President Truman announced Japans unconditional surrender. It marked the end of 6 years of Japanese hostilityin the Pacific. It was also the end of fighting in WWII.
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