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dunkirk
Dunkirk is a small town on the coast of France that was the scene of a massive military campaign during World War II. -
italian invasion of ethiopia
an armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia's subjection to Italian rule. Often seen as one of the episodes that prepared the way for World War II, -
japanese invasion of china
conflict that broke out when China began a full-scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in its territory. -
rape of nanjing
In what became known as the “Rape of Nanking,” the Japanese butchered an estimated 150,000 male “war prisoners,” massacred an additional 50,000 male civilians, and raped at least 20,000 women and girls of all ages, many of whom were mutilated or killed in the process. -
anschluss
refers to the annexation of Austria in 1938. There was growing support in Austria for the Nazis from 1933. The country had a semi-fascist government from around this time. -
genocide
The word came into general usage only after World War II, when the full extent of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime against European . -
battle of the atlantic
the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the Naval history of World War II. -
blitzkrieg
is a term used to describe a method of offensive warfare designed to strike a swift, focused blow at an enemy using mobile, maneuverable forces, including armored tanks and air support. Such an attack ideally leads to a quick victory, limiting the loss of soldiers and artillery. -
western dessert campaign
took place in the deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main theatre in the North African campaign. The Western Desert Force was reinforced with a second corps, XXX Corps, with the two corps forming the Eighth Army. -
battle of moscow
was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km sector of the Eastern Front . -
pearl harbor
surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan. -
island hoping
The US “island hopping” strategy targeted key islands and atolls to capture and equip with airstrips, bringing B-29 bombers within range of the enemy homeland. -
battle of midway
One of Japan's main goals during World War II was to remove the United States as a Pacific power in order to gain territory.The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. -
tunisia campaign
was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African campaign of the Second World War. began with an Allied amphibious landing near Sfax in eastern Tunisia on January 5, 1943, and an attack on German positions. -
battle of stalingrad
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad.
