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Japanese Invasion of China
This invasion led to undeclared war between two nations. It was a minor war between the Chinese and Japanese troops at the Marco-Polo Bridge. https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.8tpeS-dmNpFlFhvNnBWoYQEsDT&w=145&h=101&c=8&rs=1&qlt=90&dpr=3&pid=3.1&rm=2 -
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German Blitzkrieg
Based on the use of new technology. The main two they used were the tank and the dive bomber. It was mainly just what they believed except they attached the technology to it. https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.LgduVzm8hNh8coQJqWwa8gEsCo&w=174&h=100&c=8&rs=1&qlt=90&dpr=3&pid=3.1&rm=2 -
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Germany's invasion of Poland
This was the start of World War 2. Germany defeated Poland. Poland was partitioned between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.qnFBQBTyfBgcXRksXgijKQEsDH&w=175&h=110&c=8&rs=1&qlt=90&dpr=3&pid=3.1&rm=2 -
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Fall of Paris
When the attacks started everyone in Paris fled and just in time before the tanks came in. The Germans attacked and the prisoners were stuck inside the city, those were the people who couldn't get out in time. data:image/jpeg -
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Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades Russia. They were successful when Sebastopol fell at the end of October. After that Moscow became under attack. https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.6sh0pJOvx_3TJ_F6kR7qYwEsDX&w=258&h=185&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The United States declared war right after the attack. The point of this attack was for Japan and the United States to declare war on each other. This was a surprise attack they couldn't have seen coming. data:image/jpeg -
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Bataan Death March
The soldiers who surrendered were forced to march 65 miles. Many of them died on the way due to the harsh positions they were put in. The ones who did survive were taken to camps where even more deaths took place. The United States-Filipino forces took it back over and the person they found responsible for the chaos was executed. https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.alL89MFk-bitjh8IlEryawFZC1&w=253&h=157&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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Battle of Midway
Japanese sustained heavy losses. The battle between the United States and Japan. The Japanese wanted to sink the American aircraft. The United States found a way to hear their plans and knew how to stop the attack. Many aircraft devices were lost that day https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.wfrFNiHmfM4O1yXj-wU4LgEsCo&w=300&h=168&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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Wannsee Conference
An important conference held by Germany to determine the fate of the Jews. They decided to take them to camps to be tortured and killed. https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.yj82HPh5cIrSpBkp6DNjQQEsC7&w=300&h=187&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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Operation Gomorrah
The British raided Germany at night. They dropped bombs on Hamburg. There were 1,500 civilians killed. https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.YmFIHqfIMs5dTjssD2brrgEsD3&w=212&h=176&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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Allied Invasion of Italy
The Italian people wanted to make peace with the allies. All the German military running around everywhere made it extremely hard to do. They kicked Churchill out of office and the man who came after him entered them all into secret associations. They agreed to surrender and to help them take out all the German troops in Italy. They all wanted the Germans out of the city. https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.yj82HPh5cIrSpBkp6DNjQQEsC7&w=300&h=187&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion)/
These were Normandy invasions. Over 150,000 soldiers landed in France. Paris was liberated by August. This was a surprise attack which caught Germany by surprise. Their control was all in the air. https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.QwEx68xCVbBUoR2DlRnqZwEsCo&w=262&h=160&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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Battle of the Bulge
Germans launched an unsuccessful counterattack in Belgium and northern France. It killed 19,000Americans and delayed allies' attack on Germany. data:image/jpeg;base64 -
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
soviet troops had finally arrived at the camps to free them. They held many trials to condemn the Germans who did this to them. https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.QVzVguqzstEt2EVsUFEyjAEsD2&w=231&h=190&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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Battle of Okinawa
These battles took place on Japanese islands. In order to protect themselves it caused Japan to be forced to withdraw it's troops from China. The last of the Pacific island battles. Japanese used their last resort "suicide" missions. It was a land and sea battle. Both sides sustained heavy losses. https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.E8IkG3bzsFI5-45mtuMffQEsD2&w=226&h=186&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
American suffered very heavy losses during these battles. They did win but they lost a lot of troops and supplies. https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.W8KYoj-Klz2ZypM2J1MpygEsEP&w=214&h=194&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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Operation Thunderclap
This was the raids against Dresden. Very little was actually accomplished because the German army was already preparing to surrender. data:image/jpeg;base64 -
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VE Day
This was the celebration of Europe's victory of Germany on the day after Hitler committed suicide. https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.nJHU7WxDafxrp4cevUfRogHgFq&w=287&h=208&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7 -
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VJ Day
This was the day Japan surrendered. It was called victory over Japan day. data:image/jpeg;base64 -
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Dropping of the atomic bombs
The United States dropped these atomic bombs on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These bombs killed 120,000 citizens. https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.zOk3wn5ywV33Zq26Ky9AKAEsDI&w=249&h=167&c=7&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=3&pid=1.7