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Japanese invasion of China
Japanese occupation in most of Asia was brutal across their period of rule. In 1937 the Japanese took the Chinese capital of Nanjing, and in 1945 they retreated from the Filipino capital of Manila.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/liberation-china-and-pacific#:~:text=Japanese%20occupation%20in%20most%20of,massacred%20many%20thousands%20of%20civilians. -
German Blitzkreg
A German, militaristic, strategy of using of advanced tanks concentrating on one part of the enemy sector also known as, the German Blitzkrieg or lightning war. This tactic was used as a way to make the Germans win wars in WW2. It led to the invasion of multiple countries all over the world. https://spartacus-educational.com/2WWblitzkreig.htm -
Fall of Paris
Paris came under the rule of Nazi Germany in 1940. Germany wanted more territory and took it from Paris, where the treaty of versailles was signed. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-liberated -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor attack, (December 7, 1941), surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu Island, Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States into World War II. The strike climaxed a decade of worsening relations between the United States and Japan.
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Wannsee Conference
A conference held by Nazis to figure out what to do about the jews. It resulted in concentration camps. https://www.britannica.com/event/Wannsee-Conference -
Battle of Midway
A battle fought between the US and Japan that resulted in seven Japanese ships being sunk. This was the battle after the bombing of Pearl Harbor where the US sought out revenge.https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was won by the Soviet Union against a German offensive that attempted to take the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd, Russia) during World War II.https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad -
Battle of the Bulge
German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces in the forested Ardennes region in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France.https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Bulge -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. It happened because Japan bombed pearl harbor. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
D-Day
Troops from the UK, the US, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of northern France, on 6 June 1944. D-Day was the largest military seaborne operation ever attempted, and marked the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west Europe.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48513108 -
Liberation of concentration camps
The first major Nazi camp to be liberated was Majdanek, located in Lublin, Poland. This happened because of the strong hatred Hitler felt for people who were different. This resulted in 17 million people being killed .https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/liberation-of-nazi-camps -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was a victory for the US but resulted in massive casualties on both sides. Japanese forces fought with the same fanaticism the Americans had witnessed in battles such as Iwo Jima.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-okinawa#:~:text=The%20Battle%20of%20Okinawa%20was,prisoner%2C%20defenders%20often%20chose%20suicide. -
VE Day
This was when Winston Churchill on the radio saying that WW2 was over. It gave a feeling of safety to the people of Europe.https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48201749 -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
Dropping of the atomic bombs razed and burnt around 70 per cent of all buildings and caused an estimated 140,000 deaths by the end of 1945, along with increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among the survivors.
https://www.icanw.org/hiroshima_and_nagasaki_bombings#:~:text=The%20uranium%20bomb%20detonated%20over,chronic%20disease%20among%20the%20survivors. -
VJ Day
VJ was the day that marked the end of WW2.
https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Experience/VJ-Day/#:~:text=V%2DJ%20Day%2C%20or%20Victory%20over,the%20world%20erupted%20in%20celebration.