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Japan invades China
the Japanese invade China -
the rape of nanking
The massacre and mass rape that happened in the city of Nanjing happened on this day, it is spelled Nanking due to the way it is pronounced. -
Hitler's invasion of poland
the day Hitler's army invaded poland. -
World War II starts
the day Britain and France declare war on Germany. -
The day of Pearl Harbor
The day Pearl Harbor was attacked, marking America's entrance into the war. -
Bataan Death March
The Japanese captured approximately 75000 troops due to the troops starving on the Bataan peninsula. The troops were then taken to Prisoner Of War camps. Those too weak to walk were bayoneted, and thousands more died of disease and starvation. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising started because German soldiers and police invaded the Warsaw ghetto to kill it's remaining Jewish inhabitants. -
D-Day
the day D-Day happened. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans, impersonating US soldiers with stolen equipment, sabotage the US communications, and using the Ardennes Forest as cover, 250000 German soldiers fought 80000 US soldiers for three weeks. -
liberation of concentration camps
the soviets were the first to liberate concentration camps, as of this day -
battle of iwo jima
roughly 23000 Japanese soldiers fought and lost this battle at fort iwo jima -
Battle of Okinawa
the fort was needed for a successful Japanese invasion. many of the Japanese soldiers thought that Americans took no prisoners and chose suicide over surrender. -
VE day
this day marks victory in Europe over the Nazi war machine. -
dropping of the atomic bombs
the day the atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima. -
Victory over Japan day
The day Japan formally surrendered. -
World War II ends
The day the last axis power surrendered.