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The Rape of Naking
Nanjing fell to the Imperial Japanese army so they responded with war crimes. This rebellion resulted in a massacre. -
Germany invades Poland
Poland had recently taken much of Germany's industrial resources and land so they wanted revenge. Germany tried taking over Poland by attacking them with mutiple allies. Poland wass later deivided among Germany -
German Blitzkrieg
Germans did not want to be involved in a long war so they would attack ememies with short campagins. this was a successful technique and Germans controlled mosty of Europe because of this. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler had such a strong hatred for them he decided to attack and try to conquer more land. Germany did this by invading the Soviet Union. As a result troops could not rely on the protection that the conventions guaranteed. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Many naval ships and people destroyed. U.S. was craving revenge on the Japanese -
Battle of Midwat
The japanese did not want the U.S. to be a power in the pacific so they wanted to try and eliminate them completely. This was a naval battle between the U.S. and Japan. Japan attempted at invading but in the end they failed. -
D-Day
This was an attempt to end the war. The U.S. invaded a beach to try and take over the German's land. For hours American soldiers were being slaughtered by the Germans. Eventually the germans had their fortresses raided and they were all killed and defeated. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
We needed a closser base to Japan so that it was easier to bomb. The U.S. invaded and captured Iwo Jima. Around 18,000 had died in the process. -
VE Day
This is when Germany's armed forces surrndered. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The U.S. needed to end the war so the plan was to drop an atomic bomb on them. The bomb was dropped and the war ended but unfortunately for this to happen hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians died. -
VJ Day
This is the day that Japan surrendered from the war. -
Battle of the Buldge
this was a German offensive campaign that ultimatelt led to German defeat as well as depleting their forces.