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Rape of nanking
what Happened: the capturing of shanghi and nanking and their orders were to kill all captives. the women were taken and sexually abused and raped.
Why- the japanese saw them as unworthy of life and didnt see Chinese as humans but as beasts.
Effects: took decades to restore nanking and to rebuild it. Still conflicts today about the event that thad happened
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German Blitzkrieg
What happened: this was to test it out before they fully put Blitzkreig into effect by using it into the invasions into Belgium.
Why it happened: it was used to create disorganization among enemy forces
Effects: it was used later on by Erwin Rommel in the african campaign in WWII
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Fall of Paris
what happened: Bascially all that happened was the german troops entering into Paris and taking over. By taking over I mean the german Gestapo aressted people and interrogated people. All in all the Parisians were trapped, the ones who didnt flee.
Why? : Bascially the British was wanting to hold off war for as long as possible and let Hitler walk in and take over.
Effects: Roosevelt froze the American assests of the Axis power from Italy and Germany
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Pearl Harbor
What Happened: The naval base at Pearl HArbor was attacked and bombed by Japanese forces
Why?: becuase the Americans cut off supply of scrap metal and crude oil to slow down the japanese and the Japanses did it as a retaliations of the cut off of supplies and goods
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Wannsee Conference
What hapened: a meeting to see the "final SOultion" meaning trying to take out all Jewish population in one take.
Why? ; to discuss the "Final Soultion"
Effects: Collabarations of governments
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Bataan Death March
What happened was when the U.S. surrendered in the Bataan Pennisula thousands of Japanese troops forced them to march 65 miles to their prison camps
Why? : thousands perished in the march which is why it is called the Bataan Death March
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Impact: They avenged their defat with the invasion of Leyte in october in 1944 -
Battle of Stalingrad
A successful Soviet Defense of germans trying to advance into the Soviet Union and was one the greatest battle in the Soviet history, It was also one of the moments crucial moments in WWII
Why? To keep the Germans out of the USSR
Impacts: Made a mark into the Allies side having the advantage.
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Warsaw Ghetto uprising
A Jewish attempt of revolt in th Warsaw Ghetto Territory in Poland against the sending of the moving to the camps. The were also tired of the control and the killings that happend in the area.
Why: The Jewish people were tired of and like always in history people revolted of the injustice.
Impact: It made others feel inspiried throughtout Europe and in the camps
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D-Day
What Happened: A battle at the beachs of Normandy where French and and American troops sneaked in and slowly took over Normandy.
Why: To Liberate France and get the Germans out. Also to end the war.
Impact: Almost of all of France was then liberated after going through the beach of normandy and winning there.
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Battle of the Bulge
Hitler's attempt to split up the allied foreces by the means of a surprise Blitzkreig. It was the costliest action by made by the U.S. which had 10,000 casualties.
Why: To split up the allied forces in Antwrep.
Impacts: Lead to the Germans Counteroffensive despite heavy casualties
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Liberation of Conentration Camps
The soviets liberated Auschwitz seeing that when the troops were going throughout Europe they had seen that they were being starved and suffering from disease.
Why: The troops saw the pain that the people were being held in these camps.
impact: Liberated one after another nearing the end off WWII and the surrender of Hitler.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
What happened: a naval and air bombardment on the japanese eventhough the Japanesse had trpas and caves set up the Amercians were able to defend and win the battle in little over a month.
Why: they needed a base near the japanese coast
Impact: earned a place in American lore and a photograph which was later put on stmaps and a statue made in arlington cemetery
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Battle of Okinawa
What happened: The last and biggest battle of the pacific island battle in WWII
Why:the Japanese changes their tatics from a resisting waters edged to a in depth defense to gain time
Impact: The two commanding generals died in battle and that was the last Pacific Battle in WWII
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Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
What Happened: the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagaski
Why: To take Japan down.
Impact : Japans Surrenders only a few days afterwards
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VJ Day
Japan had surrenederd affectively ending World War II.
Why: They had been bombed and could not fight no longer due to loss in casualties.
impact: A sense of relief and exhilaration felt by citizens knowing the war and conflict was finally over.
