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Strategic Bombing
Trying to defeat the enemy by destroying its morale. -
Rape of Nanjing
This was a mass murder/rape committed by japanese troops against people in nanjing during the second sino-japanese war. -
Germany Annexes the Sudetenland
Germany annexed the sudetenland because Hitler wanted the land. he wanted it because it contained czechs most valuable resources and was vital defense zone against Germany. -
Lebensraum
It was a Nazi policy of conquest and expansion before the beginning of WW2. -
Genocide
The systematic killing of an entire people; like the holocaust -
Dunkirk
This was a military evacuation of 340,000 British & French troops. -
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg AKA ¨lightning war" was a strategy used across Europe and beyond; strike quickly and unexpectedly. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a naval base near Hawaii that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by japanese forces. -
Battle of Moscow
Axis forces invaded the Soviet Union and destroyed it. It was one of the primary military and political objectives for Axis forces in their invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Atlantic Charter
A pivotal policy statement was issued during WW2 that defined the allied goals for the post-world war. -
Women in the War
Women didn't actually fight in the war, they were given other jobs that helped the war effort such as medical and combat support roles. -
Invasion of Italy
180,000 allied troops landed in Sicily, capturing it from Italian & German troops by August & toppling Mussolini from power. -
Tunisia Campaign
US troops fought time and are crushed, over 230,000 German and Italian troops were taken as power. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
A military term that referred to the start of the Battle of Normandy in France. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The US dropped 2 atomic bombs on these 2 cities, destroying them. This made Japan surrender & ended WW2 in the pacific.