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Japanese Invasion of China
The invasion was caused supposdedly by the japnease claiming chinese soldiers fired at them near Bejing. This event lead to the Rape of Nanking and Bejing falling under Japanese control. The death toll was couted as high as 4 million chinese causulties. -
The Rape of Nanking
Japanese envaded Nanking killing everyone insight. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
The reason for Germany invasion of Poland was to have a stratgic advantage. More gave them land and it allowed Germany to have quick accses to the Soviet Union. -
german blitzkrieg
German term for Lighting War. It is a military tactic that was used to cause disorganization among enemy forces. The Germans used in Poland and in France. -
Fall of Paris
The succsessful invasion of France by the Nazis. -
Operation BarBarbossa
Hitler deployed his troops to invade the Soviet Union but this was a huge turning point for everyone other than Germany. They were unprepared for the weather and the Soviet's Troops. -
Pearl Harbor
The large American navel base was attack by many Japanese fighter planes. The Japanese managed to sink 20 navel ships, 200 airships and killed around 2000 American soliders. -
Wannsee Conferance
Called the soultion to the Jewsish problem. German officials made the genocide of the jews legal in Germany. -
Bataan Death March
When the Americans lost the Japanses made them march to their slave camps. -
operation gomorrah
British Bombers invaded Hamburg, German. 1500 German civilians were killed and the British only lost 12 airships. 791 flew that day. -
D-Day
The invasion of Normandy, France. This event let the Aliies gain a foot-hold in Europe. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion -
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battle of the Bulge
This Battle was supposdedly to help the Germans stablize the deteriorating front lines. The goal was to get the USA and Great Brition to sign a peace treaty so Germany could focus on the Soviet Union. -
Liberation of Concentration camps
the Soviets liberated the largesT 'Death" camp. But by this time many Jews already perished. -
battle of Iwo Jima
the invasion of the japanese isIands. was a strageic turning point for the Allies. 5900 americans lost -
Operation thunderclap
this was the bombing of the German city Dresden. The U.S and Great Brition dropped more than 3,900 tons of expolsives. This attack was very controversial -
Battle of okinawa
the largest and last of the japanese islands being invaded. kamikaze tactics were used by the Japanese on these missions, determined that Allied forces perhaps faced their most difficult Pacific campaign. The net result made Okinawa a mass bloodletting both on land and at sea, and among both the island’s civilian population and the military. -
VE day
Victory in europe day was when the germans officialy surrendered. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day. when Japan officialy surrendered.
