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Japanese Invasion of China
Japan invaded China becauses Japan's desire to be an imperial power. Both an economic and military element to this desire. Troops showed up near North China and began to battle. As a result, Japan became the surperior.
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German invasion of Poland
German forces bombarded Poland on land and from air attacks. This happened because of Adolf Hitlerand him seeking to regain lost territory and to rule Poland. The effect of this was many jewish and non jewish refugees fled.
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German Blitzkrieg
Apolish town gets invaded by the Germans that began on September 1st. This happened because Germany wanted to build it's empire and felt othe European powers were restricting them. Germany tried to avoid a big war.
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Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler lauched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. They underestimated their opponent severely. Moscow laid open German advance.
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Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Japan wanted to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet. In eefeect the US would need a new base, and it made many Americans angry.
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Wannsee Conference
A meeting of senior officials of Nazi, Germany held in Berlin. This was the final solution in WW2 and is notoreous for that. This event was considered "the final solution of the Jewish Question."
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Operation Gomorrah
British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany by night in Operation Gomorrah, while the Americans bomb it by day in "Blitz Week." Operation Gomorrah created one of the largest firestorms raised. This destroyed 16,000 apartment buildings and reduced the city to rubble.
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D-Day [Normandy Invasion]
Battle that was carried about due to Hitlers perceivment of world domination upon "the perfect race." This resulted in an allied force with Western Europe from Natzi Germnay's control. This took years of planning and experience to carry out.
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Battle of the Bulge
German's launch the last major offense of the war, Operation Mist. This was an attempt to push ally's front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. This was Germany's last stand.
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Operation Thunderclap
Was to bomb the eastern cities of Germany to be able to transport infastructure behind what was the Eastern front. This would end up helping the Soviet Union.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II -
Battle of Iwo Jima
invasion of lwo jima was sparked by the thougtht that Japan could land without returning to where they came from. Presented impressive tactical demonstrations. This repressented to the Americans and the entry to the sea.
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Battle of Okinawa
Biggest islands battles of World War 2 which involved 287,000 troops of the U.S. vs 130,000 of Japan. Japanees had changed their tactics which made it very difficult on the US. This ended up increasing disease rates.
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VE Day
Public holiday that celebrated the acceptance by the Allies of World War 2 of Nazi's surrender. This led to the fall of Nazi Germany which was prevously a world domination.
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Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Truman wanted to attempt to invade Japan which he knew would cause death to many Americans. Since the 1940's the U.S. has been working on developing this bomn. The bombing led to US hate and many deaths. Also US revenge.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima
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