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japanese invasion of china
The reason for Japan attacking China is that Japan has little natural resources on the island. It was formed by volcanoes. Japan attacked China to get China's natural resources to fund Japan's economy. -
Germany invasion of Poland
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German Blitzkrieg
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Operation barbarossa
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pearl harbor
On December 7, 1945, the japanesse government planned an attack on Pearl harbor. The U.S. government was alerted later that day during the attack on pearl harbor. -
Wannsee Conference
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Operation Gomorrah
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D-day
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Battle of the bulge
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Operation Thunderclap
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Okinawa
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VE day
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Dropping of Atomic bombs
On this day in 1945, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world’s first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout. -
VJ Day