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Battle of Stalingrad
(July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943)
What: major tuning point in the European war. It was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad.
Why: Hitler attacked the city because it was a major industrial city.
Effects: The city was destroyed. The soviets defeated the german army.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
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Japenese invasion of China (1937)
What happened: ON JULY 7, 1937 a clash occurred between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping in North China.
Why: Japan was eager for the natural resources found in China.
Effects: The effects of this was 10 to 20 million Chinese civilians deaths.
http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war By 1940, the war descended into stalemate. The J -
Rape of Nanking 1937
In December of 1937, the Japanese Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and murdered 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city.
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Germany's invasion of Poland (1939)
Why: Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland.
What happened: extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy’s air capacity, railroads, communication lines, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming numbers of troops, tanks, and artillery.
Effects: Once the German forces had plowed their way through, devastating a swath of territory, infantry moved in, picking off any remaining resistance.
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German Blitzkrieg (1939-1940)
A German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower.
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Fall of Paris 1940
On this day in 1940, Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. that evening-as German troops enter and occupy Paris.
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Operation Barbarossa (1941)
Why: Hitler wanted to invade Russia first before they invaded Germany.
What happened: Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
Effects:Germany was defeated and now they have to fight a two front war.
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Pearl Harbor (1941)
Why: The U.S. placed an embargo on Japan by prohibiting exports of steel, scrap iron, and aviation fuel to Japan.
What happened: Japan attacked the Pearl Harbor.
Effects: 3,500 Americans were killed or wounded in the attack on December 7, 1941.
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Wannsee Conference (1942)
Why: Germans were going to kill the Jews
What happened: Nazi party and german officials met to discuss the final solution
Effects: Jews were killed off.
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Japanese Internment (1942)
What happened: Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and live in internment camps. These were like prisons.
Why: The military felt that the threat of a Japanese invasion was very realistic.
Effects: Over 127,000 United States citizens were imprisoned during World War II.
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion 1944)
The invasion forshadowed the end of Hitlers deam of Nazi domination.
over lord was the largest air, land and sea operation before or since june 6, 1944.
lasted from June 1944 to August 1944.
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Battle of the Bulge (1945)
16 December 1944 – 16 January 1945.
What: The largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe during World War II.
Why: Hitler attempted to split the allied armies in Northwest europe by means of a suprise blitzkrieg.
effects: 90,000 Allies 100,000 German casualties.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge
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Battle of Iwo Jima (945)
(19 February – 26 March 1945)
A. major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.Started beacuse the need for a base near the Japanese coast. the marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
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Battle of Okinawa (1945)
(April 1—June 22, 1945)
Involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. Last and biggest of the pacific island ballter of WWII. Japanese forces changed their typical tactics of resisting at the water’s edge to a defense in depth, designed to gain time.
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VE Day 1945
8 May 1945.
German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms. Germans surrendered. On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe.
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Drooping of the Atomic Bombs (1945)
On 6 August 1945 a US bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the deaths of 40,000 more.
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VJ Day 1945
On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
