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Japanese invasion of china
Military conflict between Chinese/Japanese. Lasted 4 years, the Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into a battle. This was merged into World War II, after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/WorldWar2/china.htm -
Rape of Nanking
The falls to Japanese forces, and the Chinese government flees to Hankow along the Yangtze River. The spirit of Chinese resistance, Japanese General ordered that the city of Nanking be destroyed. What became known as the “Rape of Nanking,” the Japanese an estimated 150,000 male “war prisoners,” massacred an additional 50,000 male civilians, and raped at least 20,000 women and girls of all ages. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-rape-of-nanking -
Germany's invasion of Poland
The conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people. The possibility that the USSR would come to Poland’s aid, Germany signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union on August 23, 1939. In a secret clause of the agreement, the ideological enemies agreed to divide Poland between them.
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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. In Poland in 1939 before successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940.
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fall of paris
the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War, tanks rolled into Paris, 2 million Parisians had already fled, with good reason. While Parisians who remained trapped in their capital despaired
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Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, but Japan and the United States had been edging toward war for decades.Pearl Harbor, is located near the center of the Pacific Ocean, roughly 2,000 miles from the U.S. mainland and about 4,000 miles from Japan.
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Bataan death march
Bataan were forced to make an 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March.
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battle of midway
World War II that took place between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
battle of stalingrad
was the largest confrontation of World War II, in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. August 1942 through February 1943, more than two million troops fought in close quarters https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
Warsaw ghetto uprising
On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants.The Germans murdered more than 10,000 Jews in the Warsaw ghetto during the deportation operations.
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allied invasion of italy
Troops and vehicles being landed under shell fire during the invasion of mainland Italy in September 1943. Operation Shingle, launched on 22 January, took the Germans by surprise. Allied troops, however, failed in their attempt to thrust inland and cut off German troops instead of becoming bottled up in the beach-head they had established. https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-ww2/allied-invasion-of-italy -
D-day
After World War II began, Germany invaded and occupied northwestern France beginning in May 1940. Hitler charged with finishing the Atlantic Wall, a 2,400-mile fortification of bunkers, landmines, and beach and water obstacles.
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battle of the bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg. its objective was to split the Allied armies by means of a surprise marking a repeat of what the Germans had done three times previously–in September 1870, August 1914, and May 1940.
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battle of iwo jima
was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. Japan’s air force had lost many of its warplanes, and those it had were unable to protect an inner line of defenses set up by the empire’s military leaders. This line of defenses included islands like Iwo Jima. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
battle of okinawa
was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. Okinawa for a final push towards Japan. The invasion was part of Operation Iceberg, a complex plan to invade and occupy the Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa.
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ve day
Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, the eighth of May spelled the day when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms
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dropping of the atomic bombs
The United States dropped the bombs after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom Germany had already been defeated. The war against Japan in the Pacific, however, continued to rage. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
vj day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Japan’s attack on the U.S. base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, capped a decade of deteriorating relations between Japan and the United States and led to an immediate U.S. declaration of war the following day.
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potsdam declaration
the statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II. Two months after Germany surrendered, Allied leaders gathered in Potsdam, Germany, to discuss peace settlements, among other issues.
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liberation of concentration camps
As the Allies advanced across Europe at the end of the Second World War, they came across concentration camps that were filled with sick and starving prisoners that needed some help. the Nazis transported prisoners away from the front and deep into Germany. Some prisoners were taken from the camps by train, but most were force-marched hundreds of miles, often in freezing weather and without proper clothing or shoes.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/liberation-of-the-concentration-camps
