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Japanese invasion of China
leading up to this event Japan and China had already been in a quarel. Finally Japan invaded china. The main reason was land expansion. Japan needed more land. -
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Germany's Invasion of Poland
Adolf Hitler wanted to unite the European continent under German law. Hitler had already made a Non-aggresion pact. He had other plans all along. He gave the orders to invade Poland on August 31. This started the war. -
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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg other known as Lightening warfare was first used in the invasion of poland. This is a German war tactic. It describes a battle where the enemy was intensly attack from the ground and air. -
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Operation Barbarossa
This was a plan by Germany to invade the Soviet Union. The cause of this is because Germany needed land. Although Hitler underestimated the Soviets. This started big things. -
VJ Day
In result of Pearl Harbor the US and Japan had been at war. On August 6th the us dropped their atomic bomb devistating Japan 3 days later a second bomb. This forced japan to surrender. VJ Day was the day that celebrated this victory.