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Japanese Invasion of China
Japan wanted to have parts of China because it wanted to become one of the strongest Asian powers. They wanted China because they needed more resources to help expand their military. The effects were upsetting China which then lead to attacks on American terriortory which led to American involvement in the war. -
Geman Blitzkrieg "lightning war"
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Germany Invades Poland
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World War II
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Great Britain and France Declare war on Germany
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia
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Germany invades USSR
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Operation Barbarossa
This was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during WWII. Germany wanted more land for their German people leading to the invasion of several surronding countries. -
Pearl Harbor Bombing
This was the event that got America invovled in the war. This attack was on a military base in Hawaii and killed soldier, civilians and destroyed many ships. -
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Wannsee Conference
This was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany held in Berlin. This conference was to discuss the final solution of the Jews in Germany. -
Batte of the Coral Sea
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Battle of Midway
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Operation Gomorrah
This is an operation that was in reference to the bombing of Hamburg. This was done by the Allies or the United Nations in a hope to stop Germany in WWII. -
Bouganville Invaded
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D-Day
This was an allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during WWII. The Allied troops landed on a 50-mile stretxh of heavily-fortifies French coastline to fight Germany. -
Battle of the Phillipine Sea
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Operation Thunderclap
This was a cancelled plan that was going to stage a massive attack on Berlin. It was estimated that these attacks would have caused 220,000 casualties, a lot of these being German personnel. -
Battle of the Bulge
This was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a series of battle fought in the Ryukyu Islands, cenered on the island of Okinawa and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day, is to celebrate the formal acceptance by the Allies of the World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
VJ Day
This is when the Japanese surrendered. -
Japan surrenders
