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Rape of Najing
The Rape of Najing was a massacre and war rape commited by the Japanese during their six week invasion of China. During this period, hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers were murdered by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army. Widespread rape and looting also occurred. -
Start of the war in Atlantic/European Theater
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Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the first major battle to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing battle to that date. Germany's failure to achieve its objectives of destroying Britain's air defences, or forcing Britain to an outright surrender, is considered its first major defeat and an important turning point in the World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
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Start of the War in Pacific Theatre
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Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forced transfer of 60-80,000 Filipino and American war prisoners after the 3 month long Battle of Bataan.Approximately 2,500-10,00 Filipino and 100-650 Americans died in the brutal 80 mile trek which was chaaracterized by physical abuse and murder. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in the southwestern Soviet Union. The Battle of Stalingrad is among the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare, with casualties at about two million. The heavy losses inflicted on the German army make it arguably the most strategically important battle of the whole war. After the Battle of Stalingrad, German forces never recovered their earlier strength. -
D-Day
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The Battle of the Bulge
Battle between Germany and America in the Ardennes mountain range in Belgium and France. Germany's goal for these operations was to split the British and American Allied line in half and then proceed to surround and destroy four Allied armies, forcing the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis Powers' favour. Because America won, they were able to prevent this. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The U.S. fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japan. They did this to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands.This was America's first attack on Japan and the Japanese had no intent of backing down. It lasted until 26 of March 1945 and was an American victory. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day is the date when the World War II Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich which ended the war in Europe. -
Hiroshima
U.S. drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan -
Nagasaki
U.S. drop the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan -
V-J Day (Victory Over Japan
Day of the victory over Japan, which ended world war two.
