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Japanese Invasion of China
Japanese invasion of china- In 1931, Japan, eager for the vast natural resources to be found in China and seeing her obvious weakness, invaded and occupied Manchuria.The most infamous came after the fall of Nanking in December 1937, when Japanese troops slaughtered an estimated 300,000 civilians and raped 80,000 women. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland in September 1 ,1939 and defeated the Polish army only weeks into the start of the invasion. He invaded Poland to bring living space to Germans. As a result the Poland government evacuated to Britain and Germany was defeated in WW2 which is a cause of the invasion of Poland. -
German Blitzkreig
Also known as the "Lightning War" was developed as being a solution to trench warfare. Designed to rapidly overrun the enemy by using momentum and speed. (Olive-Drab) -
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Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in an invasion of the Soviet Union. The three great armies with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles. By this point German combat effectiveness had reached its peak in training, doctrine, and fighting ability. The forces invading Russia represented t -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7 1941 Japanese planes attacked the U.S Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was a preventive strategy to put a hold on interferences by President Roosevelt in the trade affairs of Japan. The ban imposed by Roosevelt gave Japan an economic setback. As a result America became fond of responding to threats with war.
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Bataan March of Death
A 65-mile march of approximatly 75000 Filipino and America troops to Japanese prison camps after the Bataan Peninsula surrendered, the trek was made in intense heat and the troops where given harsh treatment and little water and food by the Japanese guards. Thousands died in the ordeal. (History.com) -
Wannsee Conference
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Battle of Midway
Battle of midway- Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, the United States was able to pre empt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive -
Operation Torch
Was the name of an Allied Invasion of French North Africa, it was the first time Great Britan and the U.S, had worked together.(HIstorylearningsite) -
Allied Invasion of Italy
After their defeat on the North African Campaign. Italy was invaded by Great Britan and the United States, the leading Allied powers, took this as a step forward towards the invasion of occupied Europe and the final defeat of the Nazi party. (History.com) -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
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VJ Day
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Battle of the Bulge
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FDR Death-Truman becomes President
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VE Day
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Nuremberg Trials
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Okinawa
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Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
