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Japanese invasion of China
They came in and they would kill chines soldiers by the 1,000's. they would kill whole family and sexually assault women. They ruled china a till after WWII.
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German Blitzkrieg
would use tanks and other ground artillery and then also have the planes over head to protect the artillery. They used this tactic when the invade Poland and Norway. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
Fall of Paris
Germans invade Paris on June 14 1940. On the morning of the 14th a loud speaker was tell the citizens that there would be a curfew set at 8 pm that evening. This would allow the Germans to enter. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-enter-paris -
Pearl Harbor
183 Japanese planes attacked the US Navy base at Pearl harbor. In 2 hours 18 US navy ships were destroyed or damage 188 aircraft destroy and 2,403 U.S service men and women were dead.
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Wannsee Conference
Nazi officials met to come up with a final solution for the Jewish population. They met at Wannsee a suburb of Berlin. They came up with the gas chamber idea that could kill 1,000 or more people a day. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-wannsee-conference -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway begun on June 4th and lasted till the 7th 1942. They knew Japan was going to attack midway so they tried to slow them down by bombing Japans ships. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Allied invasion of Italy
The Invasion lasted 13 days September 3rd till the 16th. The Italian Government agreed to surrender. The British 8th army did the invasion.
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Liberation of concentration camps
The first camp was liberated in July 1944. The Germans tried to hide the evidence of mass murder by making the prisoners do death marches and destroying part of the camps. In January 1945 Auschwitz was overrun by Russian soldiers. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/liberation-of-the-concentration-camps -
D-Day
They were supposed to go on June 5th but there was bad weather so they went the next day when the weather broke. The ailed paratroopers did not land were they were intended to. More then 4,000 Allied soldiers had died. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Battle of the Bulge
It lasted six week Dec 16 1944 though Jan 25 1945. It took place in the Ardennes region of Belgium. over 500,000 U.S troop fought in this battle. 19,000 U.S were killed and 100,000 Germans were killed.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
it Begun on February 19th and lasted till the March 26th 1945. 70,00 0 U.S Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers were involved in this battle.
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Battle of Okinawa
It begun on April 1st and lasted till June 22nd 1945. More then 180,000 US Army and Marines descended on the Island. The Allied forces won but there was large death toll on each side. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
VE Day
VE day or victory in Europe day is may 8th 1945. it is celebrated in American and Britain. It is the day the Nazi surrender. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The first Atomic bomb was drop on the 6th of Aug. on the Japaneses city of Hiroshima. The second one was drop on Aug. 9th on the Japaneses city of Nagasaki. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki -
VJ Day
VJ day or Victory over Japan day is the 14th of Aug. It is when Japan surrender to Allied forces officially ending WWII. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
