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Japanese invasion of China
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Rape of Nanking
Imperial Japanese Army forces brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people–including both soldiers and civilians–in the Chinese city of Nanking or Nanjing. These events are known as the Nanking Massacre or the Rape of Nanking, as between 20,000 and 80,000 women were sexually assaulted. Nanking then the capital of Nationalist China was left in destruction and it would take decades for the city and its citizens to recover from the savage attacks. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. -
German Blitzkrieg
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Operation Barbarossa
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Pearl Harbor
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Wannsee Conference
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Battle of Stalingrad
The battle at Stalingrad bled the German army dry in Russia and after this defeat, the Germany Army was in full retreat. One of the ironies of the war, is that the German Sixth Army need not have got entangled in Stanlingrad. Army Groups A and B were well on their way to the Caucasus in south-west Russia, when Hitler ordered an attack on Stalingrad. -
Battle of Midway
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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Operation Gomorrah
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
On June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. By the end of D-Day over 150,000 troops had landed in Normandy. They pushed their way inland allowing more troops to land over the next several days. By June 17th over half a million Allied troops had arrived and they began to push Germans out of France. The Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
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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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Potsdam Declaration
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Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
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VJ Day
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Operation Thunderclap
