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Rape of Nanking
Info of Nanking
In China, the Japanese invaded Nanking. The Japanese soldiers murdered people of all ages in fires, and shootings. Then the soldiers also used women to their sexual pleasure. -
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German Blitzkrieg (lighting war)
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a German term meaning "Lightning War". It is used as a military tactic for destruction. -
Germany Invades Poland.
Poland Invasion
Germany invaded Poland on September 1st, 1939. Germay set up bases in Poland. Polish armies and calvary tried to take back Poland, but failed. -
Fall of Paris
Paris
Many Parisians fled Paris before German troops had arrived. Germans had earlier announced that there was an 8:00 curfew. -
Operation Barbarossa
Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was a failure of an invasion of Russia on Germany's part. -
Pearl Harbor
Harbor
On this day, Japanese fighter jets attacked a naval base near Honalulu, Hawaii. -
Bataan Death March
Bataan
Japanese soldiers marched 75,000 Filipino and American troops. During this march, thousands perished from Bataan. That is why this march is called the Bataan Death March. -
Battle of Midway
Midway
At this battle, the USA defeated Japan by using an advanced method of code breaking. The USA could see what the Japanese were going to do, so the USA defeated them. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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Allied Invasion of Italy
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Tehran Conference
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D-Day
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
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Battle of the Bulge
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Potsdam Conference
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Okinawa
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VE Day
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Dropping of the atomic bombs
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VJ Day
