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Japanese Flee of Leyte Gulf
In the largest air-naval battle in history the Japanese unleashed their first ever series of suicide planes; the weapons, however, did not offer victory, and the last standing combatable Japanese battleship had to flee the scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMs4IJQVRYM -
The Last German Offensive
The Battle of the Bulge, the largest and bloodiest battle of the war and last German offensive-an offensive being an invasive military tactic- took the lives of an estimated 165,000 soldiers. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history/videos/battle-bulge -
Liberation of Auschwitz
An estimated 3,000,000 humans in the gas chambers and ovens of Auschwitz, while roughly another milion were starved, shot, or killed by disease; the bodies and ashes were buried and burned in mass graves. By the time the Soviets successfully liberated the camp, less than 6,000, only .1% of the total victim population of the camp held their lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5WXIF67J2w&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dw5WXIF67J2w&has_verified=1