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Japanese invasion of China
The Japan-China War started in July 1937 when the Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Using this as an excuse, the Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China using the conquered Manchuria as a launching base for their troops. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun. -
German Blitzkrieg
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Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941 Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union.They covered the front of North Cape to Black Sea. -
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu Hawaii. -
Wannsee Conference
January 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." -
Operatiion Gormorrah
On July 24, 1943 British bombers raid Hamburg Germany by night in Operation Gomorrah while Americans bomb it by day in its own "Blitz Week." The evening of July 24 saw British aircraft drop 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. -
D Day- Normandy invasion
On June 6, 1944 the Allies invade Western Europe in the largest amphibious attack in history. Codenamed Operation Overlord the battle began in June 6,1944 also known as D -Day, when some 156,00 American British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches aling a 50- mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region. -
Operaton Thunderclap
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Battle of Iwo
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Battle of Okinawa
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Battle of Bulge
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VEDay
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Dropping of Atoic bombs
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VJDay
