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Japanese Invasion of China
The Japanese Invasion of China, also know as the Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. They attacked because they claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway. China appealed to the League of Nations, but am assembly didn't happen until 17 months later. -
Pearl Harbor
Surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy Air Service that brought the United States into the war. Pearl Harbor was bombed because the Japanese did not want the Pacific Fleet to interfere with Japan trying to conquer Southeast Asia. The day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D Roosevelt announced that the United States would join the war. -
Operation Gomorrah
British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week.”The British attacked because Germany had killed 167 civilians during bombing raids earlier that month. Hitler refused to visit the cities because they showed the end of the war was coming. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
Invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord by American,British, and Canadian forces. They invaded because they wanted to liberate France. The success of D-Day signaled the beginning of the end of the war in Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign, and the largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe on the Western Front during World War II.The battle was an attempt to push the Allied powers to Belgium. At the end of the battle the Germans lost too many troops and supplies and it was the end of the German Army. -
Battle of Iwo JIma
The US Marine Corps landed on the island of Iwo Jima and captured it. The Battle of Iwo Jima happened because the US needed a base near the Japanese Coast. The air fields in Iwo Jima were shut down and the Japanese couldn't scout fr Allied bombers anymore. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
The first major concentration camp to be liberated was Majdanek. The liberation of these camps happened because the Allies found the camps when they were moving across Europe. After the liberation of Auschwitz, the Allies found that they had a spy on the island Sylt and captured him after his wife's confession. -
Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)
The holiday was celebrated because Germany surrendered its armed forces. People in many countries held parties in the street, danced, and sung to celebrate this important day. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed. The United States wanted to force Japan's surrender and establish US dominance. The bombings led to Japan's surrender. -
Victory Over Japan Day
A ceremony happened in Japan on the battleship USS Missouri to commemorate the end of the war.
