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Japanese Invasion of China
Japanese soldiers claimed that they were shot by Chinese troops first, and used that as an excuse to attack China. Within a month
Japan took over China and made concentration camps. This led to he death of four million deaths of China citizens and
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Germany Invasion of Poland
Code-name Operation White. The attack started 4.45 hours when blitzkrieg tore through the Polish military. Polish personnel escaped to either Hungary or Romania and some joined the British army. The results were 8,082 men killed, 217 tanks destroyed and 285 planes destroyed. "The Attack on Poland". HistoryLearningSite.co.uk. 2014. Web. -
German Blitzkrieg
Quick attacks to overrun Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Devolped a way for warfare to become mobile and made victory quick. Less German's died and was more effcetive. -
Fall of Paris
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Operation Barbarossa
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Pearl Harbor
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Wannsee Conference
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Battle of Midway
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Operation Gomorrah
American bombers bombed Hamburg, Germany in the day and British bombers bombed them at night. Britian was retaliating for the deaths of 167 civilians that died when Germany bombed them. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched -
Allied Invasion of Italy
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
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Operation Thunderclap (rolling thunder)
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Liberation of Concentration Camps
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Potsdam Declaration/ Conference
The last major meeting of WWII held in Berlin. Three maor leaders were talking about how to stop the war and what to do after the war. They even talked about declaring a surrender from Japan. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference -
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
The US was the first one to use atomic weapons during the war. According to historians the bomb declared the end to WWII and a victory for the Allies. But the bomb also led to the beginning of the Cold War. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VJ Day
Victoryover Japan Day is being celebrated because the Japanese people surrendered to the US. During the Potsdam Conference the three major world leaders created a document that declared Japan's surrender. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler attempted to split the allies amriesto suprise blitzkrieg them. Which did not work because the allies took down the Germans. Led to many German casulities and very little allie ones. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
