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Japanese Invasion Of China
This ignited from a conflict between Chinese and Japanese troops over control of the Chinese mainland. Japan took its troops to a railroad from Manchuria to Korea which then causes the Japanese to attack Chinese troops, resulting in Japans control over Manchuria.
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Rape of Nanking
In 1937, Japanese troops entered the Chinese city of Nanking and seized it within days. However, the events that occurred are shrouded in mystery and controversy due to incomplete and opinionated records. Even with these uncertainties, almost all of the sources point to horrible atrocities and violence occurring in Nanking during this time.
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Germany's Invasion Of Poland
German forces went in on Poland by both land and air to try to take over all of Poland because Adolf Hitler was seeking to regain lost territory and rule all of Poland. With this WW2 began.
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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg or "lightening war," was first used by the Germans because they wanted a faster, sneakier way of attack. It was used to cause panic among the civilian population. With a crazy civilian population running around it causes army forces to not be able to get to the front lines to defend the territory. Germany took over much of Europe by relying on this tactic.
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Fall of Paris
The first one was Case Yellow or Fall Gelb and is when the armored units of Germany cut off allied units which had advanced into the country of Belgium. After the British left and France was left to fight for itself, the Germans launched Case Red or Fall Rot which started on June the 5th. June 22nd, France and Germany signed an armistice and the result was a split of the country of France where Germany got control of the west and the north
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Operation Barbarossa
Germany used their Blitzkrieg tactic to invade the Soviet Union. This invasion was over a distance of two thousand miles. This was the critical turning point of WW2, its failure caused Germany to fight a two front war.
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Pearl Harbor
After we put restrictions on Japan to increase there need for natural resources.They came up with a simple plan, Destroy out Pacific Fleet. In all the Japanese attacked 20 American ships,more than 300 airplanes and most importantly almost 2,500 men were killed and another 1,000 men were wounded
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Wannsee Conference
On January 20, 1942 high ranked Nazi party and Germany government officials met at a villa in the Berlin Suburb at Wannsee to discuss the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." It happened to discuss what they were going to do to the Jews. Because of this conference approximately 1 million Jews world wide would die at concentration camps.
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Battle Of Midway
This was the battle of Japan and the U.S after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. This was one of the most powerful, quickly thought out, battles of WW2. The U.S defeated Japan in this battle, leading the U.S and its allies to go into enemy territory. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
On June 22, 1941,Nazi Germany launched a massive invasion against the USSR. For the 1942 summer offensive, Adolf Hitler ordered the Sixth Army, to take Stalingrad in the south, an industrial center and obstacle to Nazi control of the precious Caucasian oil wells. The last German troops in the Soviet city of Stalingrad surrender to the Red Army, ending one of the pivotal battles of World War II.
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Operation Gomorrah
Signed on May 27, 1943
Commenced on July 24, 1943
The Americans and British bombed Hamburg Germany. It was to bomb cities in Germany to strike back. When it was over 17,000 bomber sorties dropped more than 9,000 tons of explosives, killing more than 30,000 people and destroying 280,000 building.
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
The allied forces launched an air naval and land assault on the Nazi occupied France. The Allies landed on the Normandy beaches trying to liberate North-West Europe from German occupation. In result of D-Day Paris was liberated, and in the battle of Normandy there were over 425,000 Allied and German troops killed, wounded or missing.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-d-day
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Battle of the Bulge
By mid-1944 it looked as if the war was finally coming to an end until Hitler launched a surprise counterattack which split British and American forces. Hitler with his surprise attack though with this win would turn the war onto his favor. Nearly 20,0000 American troops were killed injured or taken captive and German casualties were nearly double.
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Operation Thunderclap
The proposal was to bomb the Eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport behind what was becoming the Eastern front. More than 3,400 tons of explosives were dropped on the cities by 800 American and British aircraft. In result eight square miles of the city was ruined with a total body count of between 35,000 and 135,000.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The Americans invaded Iwo Jima in need for a base near the Japanese coast. Iwo Jima was defended by 23,000 Japanese troops and Navy troops but was attacked with 6,800 tons of bombs 22,000 shells. they fought from caves,dugouts,tunnels,and underground installations. In result of this battle 5,900 Americans were killed with 17,400 wounded
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Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces invade the island of Okinawa and engage the Japanese in one of the bloodiest battles of World War 2. The capture of Okinawa was part of a 3 point plan the Americans had for winning the war for the east. In all there were 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 Allied casualties.
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Potsdam Declaration
The European war presented the Japanese with tempting opportunities. The Japanese were torn between German urgings to join the war against the Soviets and their natural inclination to seek richer prizes from the European colonial territories to the south. Japan occupied northern Indochina in an attempt to block access to supplies for the Chinese Nationalists.
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VE Day
Great Britain and the U.S celebrate victory in Europe. German troops in Europe went and laid down their arms surrendering to their Soviet antagonists. Several surrender documents were signed in Berlin and in eastern Germany. Several Germans tried to keep from being taken from the Soviet Union, but several failed and were taken and held captive by the Russians. Ending with the Germans surrendering in Europe. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/v-e-day-is-celebrated-in-america-and-britain -
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
Since 1940 the us had been working on developing an Atomic weapon after Albert Einstein warned the US Nazi Germany was doing research into Nuclear weapons. The American bomber Enola Gay dropped a Five-Ton bomb. The blast was equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT, which immediately killing 80,000 people, tens of thousands more died during following weeks due to radiations.
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VJ Day
On September 2, 1945 it had been announced that Japan surrendered to the Allies, causing the end of WW2. This is the day of the formal Japan surrender that took place on the U.S.S. Missouri. This marks the day that Fascism dies. Everyone is thrilled and overwhelmed of the surrender because this is ending a feud that has been going on forever. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
