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Japanese Invasion of China
The Japan-China War started on July 7, 1937. The Japanese claimed that the Chinese troops fired at them at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. As an excuse, the Japanese launched a invasion on China. Chinese forces were unable to resist the Japanese. The Japanese army were not only armed and organized, they were also brutal.
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Germany's Invasion of Poland
The German troops invaded along its 1,750 mile border with German-controlled territory. The German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields. German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea.
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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic also known as Lightning War. Blitzkrieg tactics required offensives weapons, such as tanks, planes, and artillery. Germany successfully used the Blitzkrieg tactic against Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Yogoslavia, and Greece.
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Fall of Paris
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Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the largest militarty operation in history. It involved more than 3 million Axis troops and 3,500 tanks. Some 4.5 million troops launched a surprise attacked deployed from German-controlled Poland, Finland, and Romania.
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Pearl Harbor
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Wannsee Confrence
Heydrich met with Adolf Eichmann, and 15 other officials from various Nazi ministries and organizations at Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin. The agenda was to devise a plan that would render a “final solution to the Jewish question” in Europe.
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Battle of Midway
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Operation Gomorrah
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
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Operation Thunderclap
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Battle of Iow Jima
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Battle of Okinawa
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Battle of the Bulge
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VE Day
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
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Potsdam Declaration
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Dropping of Atomic Bombs
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VJ Day
