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Rape Of Nanking(1937)
Episode of mass murder and rape committed by the Japanese troops. This all resulted in death of 50,000-300,000 people. All of this happened during the Sino-Japanese war.
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German Blitzkrieg(1939-1940)
Military tactics that the Germans to distract there opponents. They used this tactic against Poland, Netherlands, and Belgium, they were very successful. The idea of "Lightening War" was created using power, speed, and surprise.
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Pear Harbor(1941)
Japan attack the US in Pear Harbor, Hawaii. This attack was planned for over a year. This attack took out the whole fleet of US ships. The next day the US joined WW2 because of the attack. US ended up bombing Japan in retaliation.
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Wannsee Conference(1942)
Meeting of Nazi officials in Berlin to finish the "final solution" to the "Jewish Problem". In this conference, Nazi decided to take action and start concentration camps to Kill millions of Jews.
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Bataan Death March(1942)
When Japan invaded the Philippines while the Americans were led by MacArthur and were evacuated. Thousands died, Japanese troops marched prisoners to POW camp where thousands more died.
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Battle of Stalingrad(1942)
Hitlers plan of invasion. Actually caused urban fighting that killed millions. Once the winter started the Germans were not prepared and lost to the Soviet Union. The battle was the turning point in Eastern Europe.
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Battle of Midway(1942)
Battle was in a strategic place in the Pacific Ocean and happened after Japanese codes were figured out. Japan lost and was the turning point of the Pacific Theater.
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D-Day Normandy Invasion(1944)
The day 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces arrived on the bench of Normandy. Was one of the largest attacks in the war and help the Allies eventually take over Germany.
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Liberation of Concentration camps(1945)
After Germany was defeated the Allies discovered the concentration camps and saved the remaining survivors of the holocaust. Many camps were hard to find and some Nazi hid so they could not be found.
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Battle of Iwo Jima(1945)
American forces used napalism on Japan after this battle by using large scale bombing. After another battle happened in which the Allies were able to get close to the mainland of japan so they could plan an attack.
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Battle of Okinawa(1945)
This battle allowed the American troops to get cose enough to plan an attack on Japan that will happen later.
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Battle of the Bulge
Hitlers attempt to split the allies with a surprise attack. General Patton help the allies and kept them alive and leading them to victory. In this battle the whole world discovered what Hitler was doing with the camps.
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VJ Day(1945)
Victory battle over Japan. This was after US dropped 2 bombs over Japan and they surrendered to end WW2. Atomic warfare is still seen today in threats and wars.
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VE Day
Victory in Europe Day. The allies attacked Berlin. Hitler and His wife Killed themselves on this day, though no one saw their bodies. The Soviet Union wrecked Berlin with bombs.
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Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
The US were working on a secret project that was called the Manhattan Project. They tested one bomb once and they tried to get japan to surrender but they didn't. After they didn't US dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and one bomb on Nagasaki. Around 250,000 Japs were killed from the bombs and cities were destroyed.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
