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Rape of Nanking
Where the Japanese army marched into Nanking and murdered 300,000 out of the 600,000 civilians. -
German Blitzkrieg
A type of German warfare mean lightning warfare. It is first documented in the campaign to take Poland. -
Fall of Paris
This is where the Germans are invading France and about to take Paris but the French pull out to keep Paris from getting devastated by war. -
Operation barbarossa
This is when Germany launched there armies toward Russia in a massive invasion 3 different armies and 3 million German soldiers. It was a failure and caused Germany to fight a 2 front war and severely weakened them. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl harbor was an attack on America from Japan, they where hoping to destroy our carriers but failed. -
Wannsee Conference
A meeting were 15 top Nazi officialls met to talk about getting rid of the Jews. -
Battle of Midway
A Naval battle between America and Japan. The Americans figured out the Japan codes and attacked the Japanese and crippled it navy permanently. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This is when Germany tries to take Russia by taking the city Stalingrad l but the Russians hold out a successful defend against the Germans but there was a cost with a combined causality of Germans and Russian soldiers and civilians coming to 2 million. -
D-Day
The storming of Normandy beach by the Americans, British, and the French.They were trying to take Normandy beach from the Germans and they succeeded -
Battle of the Buldge
The Germans try to split the Allies up in Europe by using surprise Blitzkrieg in the Ardennes. -
Battle of iwo jima
A battle where the American Marines landed on the island of iwo jima and captured it from the Japanese. -
VE- Day
It is when the Germans surrendered to the British and Europe celebrated. -
Liberation of concentration camps
This is when the Soviet Union started to overrun the German prisoner camp and releasing the prisoners. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
When President Harry S. Truman ordered that the American bomber Enola Gay drop a 5 ton nuke on Japanese city Hiroshima to bring a speedy end to the war. -
VJ Day
The day when Japan surrendered to the allies.