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Japanese invasion of China
What happened was that Japan invaded China. It happened because Japan wanted more land. The effect of this event is The Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Germany's invasion of Poland
What happened is that Germany invaded poland. It happened because Germany wanted to expand. The effect of this event is that nearly three million Polish Jews were killed.
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German Blitzkrieg
What happened is that Germany invaded Norway. It happened because Germany wanted to expand. The effect of this event is that germany gained land.
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Fall of Paris
It is when Germany invaded France. Germany did it because they wanted ore land. The effect of this event was that France was now under the control of Germany.
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Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. It happened because Germany wanted more land. It was the turning point in World War II, its failure forced Germany to fight a two-front war.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan surprise attacked Pearl Harbor killing more than 2,400. Japanese attacked because they wanted to prevent the U.S. from interfering with their conquest. This effect of this is that it made the U.S. join WWII.
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Wannsee Conference
15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered to discuss the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." It happened so that they could discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question."The effect of this event is that jews were sent to concentration camps.
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was between Russian and Germany.Germany attacked Stalingrad because the city served as an industrial center in Russia. Germany's defeat in the battle turned the tide of the war.
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway is between the U.S. and Japan and happened six months after the attack on Pearl. It happened because Japan wanted to neutralize the U.S. as a naval power. The effect of this event is that it dashed Japan’s hopes of neutralizing the U.St. as a naval power.
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Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah is when British bombers raided Hamburg, Germany, by night. Britain did this because they had suffered the deaths of 167 civilians as a result of German bombing raids. The effect of this event was crushing German moral.
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Allied invasion of Italy
It is an Allied invasion of the Italian peninsula. It happened because they needed to defeat Italy. The effect of this event was Italy's surrender.
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D-Day
D-Day was when American, British and Canadian forces landed on beaches along the heavily fortified coast of France. It happened because they needed to free France from Germany. The effect of the event is the liberation of France from Germany’s control.
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Battle of the Bulge
It was Adolf Hitler’s last major offensive in World War II. Germany did it to split the Allies in their drive toward Germany. Since it failed it led tovictory for the alloed forces.
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Liberation of concentration camps
It was when the soldiers found the concentration camps and liberated them. They did because the Nazis put innocent people in cages. The effect of this event is that the Jews were freed from the concentration camps.
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Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap is a series of bombing raids on the German city of Dresden. They did it because Dresden is a city for war-production and manufacturing. It reduced the city to rubble, and killed 25,000 people.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
It was a battle between the U.S. and Japan. Iwo Jima airfields that could be used staging facilities for an invasion of Japan. The effect of this event was that 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, and 7,000 Marines.
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VE Day
The day when German troops surrendered. It happened because the allies won the war in Europe. The effect of this event is that the war in Europe ended.
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Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was the last major battle of World War II. It was part of a plan to invade and occupy the Ryukyu Islands. Winning the Battle of Okinawa put Allied forces within striking distance of Japan.
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Dropping of the atomic bombs
An American bomber dropped atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.They used the atomic bombs with the hopes of bringing the war to a quick end. The effect of this event wasending the war.
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VJ Day
It was the day announced that Japan had surrendered. It happened because America dropped the Atomic bombs. The effect of this event is that the war ended.
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