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japanese invasion of china
China and Japan Fough in small localized engagments -
Germany's invasion of portland
germany invated poland and defeated them in a few weeks -
German Blitzkrieg
a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. -
pearl harbor
the japanese bombed pearl harbor -
wannasee conference
Berlin with 15 top Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the Final Solution -
Operation Barbarosssa
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto -
D-Day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which, “we will accept nothing less than full victory. -
Potsdam Declaration
The result of the futile and senseless German resistance to the might of the aroused free peoples of the world stands forth in awful clarity as an example to the people of Japan. -
VJ Day
news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. On September 2, 194
