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Japanese invasion of China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vduOjI_e-RI
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1937, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. After the war, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo.
But why did this happen? During the 1930s Japan posed a serious threat to British interests in China. In September 1931 the Japanese invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria which only ended in July 1937. -
"Rape" of Nanking or Nanking Massacre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CAYFxXBohA
The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing, alternately written as the Nanking Massacre or the Rape of Nanking, was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, then the capital of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0APrdY0G3k
Germany invades Poland. On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and rule Poland. World War II had begun. The German invasion of Poland was a primary objective on how Hitler intended to wage war. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany. -
German Blitzkrieg
https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/second-world-war/ww2-german-forces-the-blitzkrieg/1429790341001
Blitzkrieg, (German: “lightning war”) was a military tactic calculated to create psychological shock and disorganization in enemy forces through the employment of surprise, speed, and superiority in materiel or firepower. -
Pearl Harbor
https://www.doi.gov/video/remembering-pearl-harbor
The current president at the time of this attack, Franklin Roosevelt, called this day "a day of infamy", On that day, Japanese planes attacked the United States naval base at pearl harbor, which was Hawaii Territory. The bombing killed more than 2000 americans. -
Bataan Death March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPbAd1TUGJA
The Bataan Death March was when the Japanese forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers (Filipinos and Americans) to march about 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula. The march took place in April of 1942 during World War II. In total, 10,000 men – 1,000 American and 9,000 Filipino died during the Bataan Death March. Those that survived the march would spend the next 40 months in horrific conditions in confinement camps. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIOdiO2_SYM
The Warsaw ghetto uprising was a violent revolt that occurred from April 19 to May 16, 1943, during World War II. Residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged the armed revolt to prevent deportations to Nazi run extermination camps. The Warsaw uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German-occupied Eastern Europe. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XP7OHf06YQ
The D-Day landings in 1944, during World War 2 (WW2), were the biggest invasion by sea in history. It's a key date in the story of WW2. It happened on 6 June 1944 after five years of war with Germany, led by the Nazis. Its plan was to overthrow Nazi Germany and its leader Adolf Hitler. -
Battle of the Bulge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZmPM9s1mTs
Battle of the Bulge begins. On December 16, 1944, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium.
