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Japanese Invasion of China
Chinese and Japanese troops started firing at each other near the Logou Bridge, which led to Beijing. -
Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking was a Mass Murder/Rape spree comitted by Japanese troops against the Chinese citizens of Nanking. They killed around 300,000 people, and raped a lot of people. -
German Invasion of Poland
The Germans, Slovaks, and Soviets invaded Poland. The country was mostly split between The Soviet Union and Germany. -
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German Blitzkrieg
Germany used Blitzkrieg, meaning "Lightning War", tactics to invade France in the beginning of WWII. -
Fall of Paris
The Fall of Paris was when the Germans completetd their invasion of France. The Germans formed the French Vichy Gov't to govern France, it was really ruled by the Nazis. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the German's plan to take over the Soviet Union. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked America's main naval base, Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. They destroyed vital parts of the base and many ships. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi leaders met up at a villa in the German suburb of Wannsee, they talked about a final solution to the Jewish Problem. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was a transfer of 60,000-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners by the Japanese Army. Many people wer violently beaten and killed. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
At The Battle of Stalingrad, the Germans pushed into the city of Stalingrad, attempting to take it over. The Russians defended the city from the Germans, but there were heavy casualties on both sides. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto started to resist the Nazis and fight against them. -
Operation Gomorrah
Americans and the British started a series of bombing runs on the city of Hamburg, Germany. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
The Allies started to invade mainland Italy, after the had successfully taken over the island of Sicily. -
D-Day (Normandy Beach Landing)
D-Day was the massive invasion of France by the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and many other countires. They invaded from five different beaches near Normandy, France. -
The Battle of The Bulge
The Battle of The Bulge was a push throught the Ardennes Forest in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg by the Germans. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was the United States and Great Britain's plan to bomb Dresden, Germany. -
Battle of Okinawa
The U.S. troops landed on the Ryuku Islands in Okinawa, Japan near the end of their island hopping campaign, they planned to use the islands for an Air Force base for when they invaded mainland Japan. -
VE Day
VE Day was the formal date the Germans unconditionally surrender, ending the war in Europe. -
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The U.S. decided to drop an atomic bomb on both the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
The Japanese surrendered unconditionally, thus completely ending WWII.
