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Rape of Nanking
What happend: Was mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese
Effect: the capital of nationalist china was left in its ruins -
Germanys invasion of Poland
What happend: Was a joint invasion of Poland by German
Why? German forces bombed Poland a land of Adolf hitler so he would lose territory and ultimately rule Poland
Effect: how hitler adolf would intended to wage war. -
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German Blitzkrieg
What happend: German quickly overran much of the Europe and was victorious for relying on a new military called “blitzkrieg” -
Fall of Paris
What happend: The German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the second ww2 -
Pearl Harbor
What happend: Surprise military strike by e imperial Japanese navy air service -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
What happend: Allied forces invaded nothern France by means of beech landings in Norman den -
Battle of the bulge
What happend: Was the last major German offensive on the western front during ww2 -
Battle of Iwo Jima
What happend: Was a major battle in which the United States marine Corps landed on eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the imperial Japanese army during WW2
Why? The need for a base near the Japanese coast
Effect: after ameri8ca won they took over 2 important air bases that japan had to shut down -
Battle of Okinawa
Operation icebreg was a major battle of the pacific war fought on the island of Okinawa -
VE Day
What happend:Was the public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the allies of ww2 of nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
What happend: The American Enola gay dropped a five ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Why? Some people think it was to bring war with japan to a speedy end and spare Americans lives
Effect: 15000 tons of TNT reduced four square of the city to ruins and immediately killed 80000 people -
VJ Day
What happend: Is the day on which imperial japan surrendered in ww2
