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Japanese Invasion of China (1937)
Japan, was eager for the vast natural resources to be found in China. 10 to 25 million Chinese and Japanese civilians died from the war / war related causes. http://www.history.co.uk/ -
Germany's Invasion of Poland (1939)
Germany used extensive bombing early on to destory Polands air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming numbers of troops, tanks, and artillery. http://www.history.com/ -
German Blitzkrieg 1939-1940
German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic . http://www.history.com/ -
Operation Barbarossa 1941
Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, Hitlers plan to conquer Soviet territory but in the end Germany was defeated. http://www.history.com/ -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base. The war started over the US placing a embrgo on Japan. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. http://www.history.com/ -
Wannsee Conference
Meeting of officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin. The meeting was held to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the Final Solution of the Jewish Question. www.ushmm.org -
Japanese Internment
Japanese Americans in the United States were forced to relocate and incarceration because the military thought it would be a realistic tatic. http://www.ushistory.org/ -
Battle of Stalingard
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. The battled ended with the Soviet union winning. http://www.history.com/ -
D-Day ( Normandy Invasion-1944)
Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The battle was fought for liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. By late August all of france was liberated. http://www.history.com/ -
Battle of the Bulge
Largest battle on the western front in Europe. It was Hitlers attempt to split the allied armies. http://www.history.com/ -
Battle of Iwo Jima
U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. http://www.history.com/ -
Battle of Okinawa
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. //www.history.com/
