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Japanese invasion of China
It was before and during World War 11. It was about policy, about resources.
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Germany's invasion of Poland
Lasted until October 6th 1939. Just three weeks in Poland's army was defeated.
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German Blitzkrieg
Lasted until 1940. Lightning strikes, air force battle.
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Operation Barbarossa
Lasted until December 5th 1941. The Nazi army bombs a soviet city.
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Pearl Harbor
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Wannsee Conference
Was a meeting of senior Nazi officials. They discussed "Final solution of the Jewish question"
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Operation Gomorrah
British attacks on Hamburg.
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
Troops landed on the beach of Normandy, "beginning of the end of the war in Europe"
www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Battle of the Bulge
Lasted until January 25th 1945. Failed German attempt.
www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Operation Thunderclap
Eastern cities of Germany were planned to be bombed.
ww2today.com/13-february-1945-operation-thunderclap-raf-start-firestorm-in-dresden -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Lasted until March 26th 1945. American Soldiers made their first attack on Japanese Islands.
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Battle of Okinawa
Lasted until June 22nd 1945. Allied forces invade the Island, making it one of the bloodiest battles in the pacific.
www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
VE Day
Soviets lose 600 before Germans surrender.
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Dropping of the atomic bombs
President Harry Truman warned they would bring in a new military weapon, but they did not listen. Dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshimaHistory -
