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Japanese invasion of China
Named the sino-Japanese war. It was a military conflict between the Republic of China and the Republic of Japan. -
Germany invaded poland
The german soviet pact stated that poland was to be partitioned between the two powers, enabled germany to attack poland with out fear of the soviet intervention -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the imperial japanese navy against the United States naval base -
Wannsee Conference
Meeting of senior officals of Nazi Germany. In this conference, many -
Bataan Death March
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Battle of Iwo Jima
U.S marine divsions landed on the island in february 1945. Iwo Jjma was defended by roughly 23,000 japanese army and navy troops -
Dropping of the Atomic bombs
On this date, the first of the atomic bombs were dropped upon the Japenese. It created a collosal explosion that rendered the ground temperature around the explosion to be 8000 degrees Fahrenheit. Hiroshima was instantly razed to the ground and incinerated.