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Rape of Ranking 1937
Japan marched to the capital of China and killed 300,000 people. They did this because they wanted revenge. This affected the Chinese because 300,000 of their innocent people were killed. -
German blitzkrieg
Germany begins to take over land in france, great britian, and italy. They wanted to quickly defeat the allies. As a result germany became more powerful. -
German invasion of Poland
The Soviet union amd the Nazi party invaded Poland. They invaded poland because Hitler wanted to take over the world. This became the start of World war two. -
The attack Pearl harbor
The United States stopped giving Japan oil so japan bombed pearl harbor. The japanese bombed pearl harbor in revenge of the U.S. This attack resulted in the united states getting involved in the war. -
Warsaw ghetto uprising
The Germans deported amd murdered 300,000 jews in warsaw ghettos. They did this because germams hate jews. -
D day
The allied forces invaded german positions. They did this because they wanted to kill German forces. In addition, Hitler commits. -
Battle of bulge
The Germans have a surprise blitzkrieg to split the allies. They did this because they wanted the allies out of Europe. The allies ended up neutralizing German cointeroffenses. -
Battle of lwo jima
The united states invades Japanese base. They wanted to emd the pacific war. The united states beat japan. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle ended the pacific war which is what is was meant to do. The allies beat Japan. -
v-e day
This day is victory in Europe day. The allies won in Europe. Europe finnaly layed down their arms -
Dropping of the atomic bomb
The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb in japan. They did this because they wanted to wipe out the japanese. This event ends world war two and begins the cold war. -
VJ day
This day is known as victory in japan day. the allies won over japan and there was no more war.