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rape of nanking
rape of nanking was murdering -
Germany's invasion of poland
Germany invades poland starting world war two -
German Blitzkrieg
A form of German warfare troops and tanks would surprise attack enemies -
fall of paris
paris falls to the germans -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombing an island in Hawaii -
D-Day
western allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi Germany -
battle of iwo jima
the United states marine corps captured the island of iwo jima -
VE day
Europe won marking formal allies -
battle of okinawa
also known as the operation iceberg -
dropping of the atomic bomb
the Americans dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki -
VJ day
japan had surrendered to the allies -
battle of the bulge
last major German offensive campaign on the western front