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Start of the war in Pacific Theater
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Raping of Nanjing
a mass murder and war rape that occurred during the six-week period following the Japanese capture of the city of Nanking (Nanjing)
Historians and witnesses have estimated that 250,000 to 300,000 people were killed. Several of the key perpetrators of the atrocities, at the time labelled as war crimes -
Battle of the Atlantic
the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany,
The outcome of the battle was a strategic victory for the Allies—the German blockade failed—but at great cost: 3,500 merchant ships and 175 warships were sunk for the loss of 783 U-boats -
Start of the war in Atlantic/European Theater
when war broke out in europe -
Pearl Harbor
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United States Joins the War
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Bataan Death March
the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines. approximately 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100-650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach Camp O'Donnell. -
Battle of Midway
the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II
six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japanese fleet -
Battle of Stalingrad
a major and decisive battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad.
it was a Decisive Soviet victory -
D-Day
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Battle of the Bulge
Location: The Ardennes, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Nazi Germany
Result: Decisive Allied victory, German operational failure
largest and bloodiest battle fought by America in WWII -
V-E day
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Hiroshima
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Nagasaki
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VJ day
