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Japanese Invasion of China
Japanese forces, lead by general Yomato, attack China. Around the same time Japan also started taking other territories, some for their resources others because the Japanese believed them selves to be the superrior of the Asian race. Durring the invasion an event known as the rape of nanking occured. -
Molotov Pact
An agreement between Stalin and Hitler, officially it was a non-agression pact, but in it the also agreed to fight together to gain territories -
German Invasion of Poland
Hitler, along with many other Germans, believed that the Polish Isles where stolen and rightfully Germany's, but when Poland refused to give them up, Germany invaded. This is when all the allies, save America declared war on the axis powers -
German Blitzkrieg
This style of war invented by the notorious Adolf Hitler himself, it revolver arround surprising the enemy and then ending the battle before an adequate reaction can be made. -
Fall of Paris
France, not wanting it's capital to be destroyed, surrendered to Germany. There where some guerrilla forces that still fought agenst the armies -
Operation Barbossa
Hitler, even though he signed a peace pact with Stalin, decided to attack Russia initially it was planed for May 15th, but was postponed. The operation ended in defeat. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese forces attacked an American fleet in Hawaii, while people where sleeping. Not only solders died, but so did many civilians. This lead to physical involvement of America in the war and the persecution of Japanese immigrants. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi German leaders met to plan for what they described as the 'Jewish problem' and in order to solve it they came up with the Final Solution -
Bataan Death March
American troops surrendered to a Japanese battalion, the Japanese considered it dishonorable to surrender, so without any water, the American troops where forced to walk over 60 miles in the harsh desert. -
Japanese-American Interment Camps
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Operation Gomorrah
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Battle of the Bulge
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Operation Thunderclap
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Okinawa
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VE Day
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Truman's Speech
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Dropping of Atomic Bombs on Japan
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VJ Day
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D-Day