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Japans invasion of China
Japan invades China in the Marco Polo Bridge incident. This invasion was caused by Japans long lasting policy of foreign imperialism aimed at expanding the nations reach and power. -
Germanys invasion of Poland
Germany enters Poland and defeats the Polish army within weeks of the invasion. -
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German Blitzkrieg
German warefare known as lightning warefare in which German infiltry soldiers would attack from all sides leaving no time for any kind of reaction or defense. -
Fall of Paris
The German invaded Paris, France and completely dominated this very central city in Europe. -
Operation Barbarossa
Nazi Germanys invasion of the Soviet union in 1941 -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombed U.S naval base pearl harbor in an attempt to bring American into World War 2. The bombing killed thousands and effectively prompted American involvement in the war. -
Wannsee conference
The purpose of the meeting was to assure all members of the German political system supported Hitlers solution to the "Jewish Question" -
Operation Gommorah
British Forces bomb Hamburg Germany by night while American bombs it by day in their own "blitz week" -
Invasion of Normandy
On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Li9beration of Concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of war. They entered Auschwitz and found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Island of Iwo Jima was a strategic locatuion because the US needed somewhere for fighter planes and bombers. It took over a month for the US to capture the island. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
Harry S. Truman warned by some of his advisors that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties. Enola Gay dropped a 5-tom bomb over Hiroshima. -
Battle of Okinawa
The island of Okinawa represented a strategic map marker for both the Allies and the Japanese. The Allies won and it set the stage for the end of the Japanese Empire. -
VE Day
After the suicide of Hitler, it was left up to Grand Admiral Donitz to surrender unconditionally. -
Potsdamn Declaratio
It defined the terms for Japanese to surrender. It stated that Japan would not be "enslaved as a race, nor destroyed as a nation" -
VJ Day
Japan surrender and it was announced to the world. President Truman declared VJ Day. -
Battle of the Buldge
The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.
