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The rape of Nanking
Japanese Imperial army murdered 300,000 out of 600,000 citizens in chinas capital city Nanking because the chinese were resisting which made the Japan army angry. Which caused a lot of innocent people to die and was one of the worst things to happen in WW2 -
Germany invades poland
Germany invaded Poland because Hitler claimed that invading poland was a defensive action. Britian and France declared war on germany which initiated WW2. -
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WW2 era
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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic used to disorganize their enemys through mobile devices. This concluded to succsessfully attacking Poland, Belgium, The Netherlands, and france. -
Fallof Paris
The french didnt want to continue the fight so they withdrew the south of the city because they didn't want to mess with the capital.So they basically sacraficed Paris. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked American naval base at Pearl harbor because Japan government believed the only way to save economic problems was to expand territory. This caused the U.S to join WW2. -
D-Day
American, British, and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along the coast of France's Normandy region to mislead the Germans. Thius caused allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany control. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The americans invaded Iwo Jima because they needed a base near the Japanese coast. Which resulted in Americans won killing 23,00 Japanese men. -
Battle of Okinawa
287,000 troops against 130,000 Japanese soldiers becasue there was an air base at stake. This caused japan lossing 77,000 soldiers, allies sufferdmorethan 65,000 casualites and 14,000 dead. -
VE Day
Great britain and the U.S. celebrated victory on Europe day because they were rejoicing in defeate of the Nazi war -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
The U.S. droppped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima because the U.S. wanted to bring the war to an end. This caused WW2 to end they also thinkthis might have started the cold war -
VJ Day
Japan surredndered to allies ending WW2 becasue of the atomic bomb. This ended WW2 -
Battle of The Bulge
A suprise Blitzkrieg through the Ardennes to Antwarp to try and split the allied armies in the northwest.This lead to neutralization of the German counter offensive
