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  what happend was Japnan took over China
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  Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war).b
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  Hitler launched the Operation of Barbarossa, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. This was the largerst military operation in history including 3 million troops.
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  was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor,,
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  A high-level meeting of Nazi officials that took place on this day to discuss the " Final Solution " of the Jewish Question.
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  The Battle of Hamburg, which consisted of air raids for 8 days and 7 nights.
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  Allied forces invaded Northern France, by landing in the beach of Normandy.
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  Code for cancellation for the massive attack on Berlin due to too many possible casualties.
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  was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium
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  Major battle where the US captured the island Iwo Jimo from the Japenese Imperial Army.
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  Operation Iceberg was an amphibious landing which resulted in the most casualties ever, more than 150,000.
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  The day the German amry surrenders in Europe.
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