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WW2
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Japanese invasion of China
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Rape of Nanking
was an episode during the Second Sino-Japanese War of mass murder and mass rape by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing -
German Blitzkrieg
Germany quickly overran much of Eruope because the tactics of Blitzkrieg that were used in this time -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Also known as the septmber campaign, poland was invaded by not only germany but the soviets and a slovak contigent -
Operation Barbarossa
operation BarbarossaIt was mainly a attempt for germany to invade soviet union. it was a turning point in the wasr because the attempt failed -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl HarborJapanese bombers and fighter airplanes attacked a naval base in Hawaii and completely ripped the hearts from americans -
Battle of midway
The battle consisted of the US destroying a japanese fleet on the midway islands -
Battle of Stalingrad
was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Kasserine Pass
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Operation Gomorrah
killing 42,600 civilians and wounding 37,000 in Hamburg and practically destroying the entire city, by the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
Basically the Alllied forces had come together and invaded Italy -
Battle of the Bulge
Major German offensive campaign launched thruogh the densely forested region of Ardennes. -
D-Day
Initiation the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War 2 -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
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Battle of Iwo Jima
was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II -
Battle of Okinawa
codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II.The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945 -
VE Day
The allied forces victory in Europe -
Dropping the Atomic bombs
Basically the US declared war on Japan and they had the atomic bomb so they obviously used it on hiroshima, a highly populated area which killed thousands and still has effects today. -
VJ Day
Basically the Japanese ceased all contact with the war because of the destruction of their country due to the dropping of the atomic bombs.
