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Start of War in Pacific
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Rape of Nanjing
The Rape of Nanjing was when the Japanese army marched into China's capital city of Nanjing and murdered 300,00 civilians and soldiers. After killing the able-bodied civilian and military males, the Japanese turned their attention to the women. Women of all ages were gang-raped and then killed by Japanese soldeiers.This represented the single worst atrocity during the WW2 era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war. -
Start of War in Europe/ Atlantic
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Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest battle of WWII. Germay's best hope of defeating Britain lay in winning this battle. The Germans were participating in unrestricted submarine warfare against the British which almost nearly starved Britain out of WWII. However, the United States aided the British with ships, and the British were able to hold the Germans off -
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain was a German attempt to gain air superiority, but the ultimately failed. This was one of the turning points of WWII and prevented Germany from invading Britain -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forced 63-mile march of American and Filipino prisoners of war by the Japanese and resulted in 7,000-10,000 deaths. -
Pearl Harbor
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United States Enters the War
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Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of Coral Sea was the first of the Pacific war's sex fights between opposing aircraft carrier forces. It was a tactical victory for the Japanese but was an operational and stratigic defeat for te Japanese, the first major check on the great offensive the Japanese had bean at Pearl Harbor. -
D-day
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Battle of the Bulge
After D-Day, German army launched a counterattack that was intended to turn the tide of the war in Hitler's favorIts objective was to split the Allied armies by using a surprise blitzkreig.. This was the deadliest and most desperate battle of the war in the west. This battle was the costliest action ever fought by the U.S. Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties. -
V-E day
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Hiroshima
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Nagasaki
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V-J Day
