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Japanese Invasion of China
Japan, eager for the vast natural resources to be found in China and seeing obvious weaknesses, invaded and occupied Manchuria.Many thousands of Chinese were killed. helped initiate pearl harbor -
Rape of Nanking
The Nanking Massacre or Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking or Rape of Nanjing, was an episode during the Second Sino-Japanese War of mass murder and mass rape by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing (then spelled Nanking), then capital of the Republic of China. -
invasion of poland
1.5 million German troops invaded Poland. German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. later, war was declared. they attacked because hitler said it was a "defensive attack". -
Fall of Paris
German invasion on france and lower countries. German forces defeated Allied forces in a series of mobile operations. France lost -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Barbossa was a crucial turning point in ww2 -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. -
Wannsee Conference
was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. the purpose was to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various government departments in the implementation of the final solution to the Jewish question -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Very important turning point. US countered the attack because they cracked codes -
Battle of Stalingrad
the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during World War II.Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict -
Operation Gomarrah
British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week.”Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 civilians as a result of German bombing raids in July. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
he British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery begins the Allied invasion of the Italian peninsula. the Badoglio government declared war on Germany, but the Allied advance up through Italy proved to be a slow and costly affair -
D-Day
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. allied forces took on a large bulge. 100,000 american casualties -
Operation Thunderclap
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Battle of Iwo Jima
American amphibious invasion. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops. the marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting -
Battle of Okinawa
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VE Day
both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. both cities put out flags and banners celebration the defeat . -
Potsdam Decleration
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Atomic Bombs
America dropped the first atomic on japanese cities. an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. The purpose was to hopefully end the war early -
VJ day
Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. one of the happiest days during this time because of the huge victory.
