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Japanese invasion Of China
Japan had invaded china in hopes to gather raw materials, such as oil, to fund the war. They took over Manchuria. Russia help china by giving them weapons because they felt threatened by the japans. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
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Germany's Blitzkrieg
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Operation Barbarossa
Hitler had moved his troops/ army to the east to attack Russia. they moved on June 22, 1941, a army of over three million Germany solders, and three thousand tanks. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes bombed the american naval base. The next day the united states declared war on japan. The bombing occurred on December 7, 1941. around 2,000 american solders died and 1,000 wounded. -
Wannasee Conference
The wannasee conference was when German leaders got together to discusses the plan for the final solution. They discussed purifying the world of what they considered where bad people. they also discussed the concentration camps and there main goals. -
Operation Gomorrah
Germany dropped around 2,300 pound of explosive on a five day raid in London. operation Gomorrah was just British returning the favor. They dropped the equivalent on Germany hamburg. Britan air force raid had about 700 planes. -
D-Day
D-Day was the single largest military assault ever. Over 156,000 men stormed the beaches or Normandy , France. by late august, 1944 northern France was liberated. this event is also called operation overload. -
Battle Of The Bulge
Hitler wanted to split the allies by having large scale blitzkrigs. The Germans had lost most of there battles do to lack of fuel. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation was a planed attack to bomb Germany. The plan never went through but it would hopefully show Germany that there air defenses where not enough to stop the allies air forces. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
American wanted to gain control of the island so they can use it as a military advantage to bomb japan. They used two amphibious vehicles to raid the island but it was very difficult because the Japanese had built trenched and tunnels. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle was a desperate attempt the japans made. it was basically a one way kamikaze attack. lots of causalities on land and on sea. -
VE Day
VE day marks the day that Germany surrendered in the war and the allies had won in Europe. It is celebrated in may 8th and 9th in Russia. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
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VJ Day
VJ day was the day japan surrender to the allies in august 15, 1945. The allies had won. -
Fall of Paris
Germany invaded paris France, but no one would step in and help the Parisians -
Battle of Midway
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Warsaw Ghetto uprising
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
