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Japan invades China
The Invasion of china started in 1931 on September 18th. The Japanese decided with the head quarters then communicated with the Kwantung Army command. They took over most of the South Manchurian Railway.Then they moved up form the rail road and took over most of the city in a 730 mile span of a few days. -
Rape of Nanking
The Japanese went around with killing in mass groups and raping women in large amounts. It went on for over 6 weeks, also murdered civilians. Over 200,000 Chinese were killed in this massacre -
Germany's invasion of Poland
After the invasion of the Poland Land the German military took over Poland with in weeks. Germany already had East Prussia, Silesia and Slovakia. With over 2,000 tanks and 1,000 planes. After heavy shelling and bombing the polish surrendered very quickly. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a Navel base on Honolulu, Hawaii. On Dec 7 1941 the Japanese did something stupid and attacked up with there attack planes. Over 2,400 Americans were killed and 1,000 more wounded. This is when America declared war. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was a German formation that really helped them seize and take over a lot of land at once. In its name it refers to a "Blitz" they pretty much just bum rushed there opponents with heavy military force -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan march was a large transfer of about 60,000-80,000 American and Philippine prisoners of war. the March was about 60-70 miles long to the train station. About 700 American POW died and about 18,000 Philippine POW died. -
Operation Thunderclap
This was a massive attack i Berlin Germany. Causing over 220,000 casualties and 110,000 Dead. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
D-Day was a very good and bad thing. good because the allied forces took back over Normandy France after the Germans took it over and ran out the French. Bad because a lot of lives were lost thousands of allied people killed on that beach. -
Battle of the Bulge
This was the last major offensive campaign in WWII. This attacked was started through the wooded area of the Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg. they used there well known blitzkrieg strategy. -
liberate concentration camp
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp and free the prisoners from it. When they entered Auschwitz and found hundreds of dying people. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This battle was between The U.S. Marines vs the Japanese Army. The Marines invaded the Island of Iwo Jima and conquered it from the imperial Japanese Army. -
Battle of Okinawa
this battle was another between the The U.S. and the imperial Japanese. They were fighting in the pacific fought on the island of Okinawa. This fight was fought by both the ground and Naval ships. -
VE Day
The VE- Day was also known as the Victory day. This date was the day where the the Nazi Germans surrendered from the war and the victory of Europe. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
This day was a result to the Japanese Army for continuing the fight. The result of 1 bomb was 129,000 dead, mostly civilians. it was a very harsh day for the war era. -
VJ Day
This was the day that Japan finally surrendered from WWII