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China was a divided country at the time and contained lots of vast materials. This made it a perfect opportunity for Japan to invaded China and gain control.
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The German's tried to intended to make a swift victory in Poland. Before that they did the strategy on Belgium, Netherlands, and France.
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Poland was provided to the two powers, allowing the Germans to raid Poland and begin world control. Yet, the Germans were fearful that the Soviets would make the same move.
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Was the day that Germany invaded France and the low countries.
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Operation Barbarossa (originally Operation Fritz) was the code name for the German's invasion of the Soviet Union. The operation did not succeed.
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Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japenese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor (an American naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii.) The fighter's destoryed more than 300 fighters and nearly 20 vessels. More than 2,000 Americans died and 1,000 were wounded.
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A meeting of high ranked Nazi's held in Berlin's subburb Wannseee.
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A decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WW2. Was six months after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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The rise of Jewish Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto. This is when German-occupied Poland.
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Heaviest assault in the history of Arial Warfare that lasted 8 days and 7 nights.
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The Allies landed on mainland Italy and tried to capture it during the Italy's campaign during WW2
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When the allied forces raid the beaches of Normandy to capture territory back that Germany had previously taken.
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The soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners. They later liberated several others.
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The code for a canceled operation. The operation was a massive attack on Berlin, the belief was that it would cause 220,000 casualties.
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Picture for Battle of the Bulge
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German forces raided through the dense Ardennes forests of Wallonia in Belgium, France.
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It was a major battle between the U.S Marines and the Japanese. The end result was the U.S capture of the island of Iwo Jima.
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Co-named Operation Iceberg, and was a series of battles fought on the Island of Okinawa and was the Allied forces versus Japan
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Also known as Victory in Europe Day. It is the holiday in which the Nazi's surrendered.
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The day America dropped the deadliest bomb known to man-kind on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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It was the news of the surrendering of the Central Powers to the world
