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Japan Invasion of China (1937-1945)
Started because of Chinas attempt at a full-scale resistance when Japan tried to take over China for thier natrual resources -
Rape of Nanking (1937-1938)
After defeating the Chinese at Shanghai, 50,000 Japanese soldiers marched to Nanking. Chinese soldiers were poorly organized and unprepared in Nanking. After china fled, the Japanese did just as they were told to, "Kill all captives" -
German Blitzkrieg (1939-1940)
german for "lightning war", this was a tactic used ny the german military that scambled up emnemy forces by concentrating all fire power in one place -
Germany's invasion of Poland
even though germany and poland had a non-aggresion pact, Germany invaded Poland. Germany invaded with over 2000 tanks and over 1000 planes. Poland was defeated within a few weeks. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor was Japans attempt to wipe out the Americans base in Hawaii. The Japanese were able to fly from japan to Hawaii with thier new plane that could fly for over 2000 miles without re-fueling. they practiced the bombing for over a year on a replica of pearl harbor until they had an 80% sucess rate. -
Bataan Death March
A march of Philippenio and American slaves through harsh dessert climate of the White Sands Missile Range during WWll -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
After the deporting and murdering of about 300,000 Jews, a group of Jews armed with pistols invaded a column of Jews marching toward the deportation point -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
The Invsion of Normandy by the Americans in order to stop hitler resulting in ally liberation of western germany from nazi control -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle which the United States Marines landed on and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
A.K.A Operation Iceberg, The Battle of Okinawa was several battles that took place in the RyuKyu Islands which included the largest Amphibious Assult in the Pacific Ocean -
VE Day
the Holiday When the U.S. was officailly accepted into the Allies of WWll Because of Germanys unconditional Surrender -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Soviet soldiers went into the Majdanek camp in Poland to overtake it. later, They strarted overrunning other camps until they reached Auchwitz where they found hundreds killed amd thousands sevearly sick and injured -
Dropping Of the Atomic Bomb
the American bomber, Enola Gay, dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima -
VJ Day
The celebration of a formal surrender ceremony that was held in Tokyo Bay on the USS Misouri -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German campaign launched through the heavily forested Ardennes region of Wallonia
