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Japanese Invasion of China
A clash occured between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping in North China -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
1.5 million German soldiers invaded along Poland's 1,750 mile border at the same time German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg, the German term for "Lightning War", is a military tactic used to create disorganization among enemy forces using mobile forces and concentrated firepower -
Operation Thunderclap
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Operation Barbarossa
Hitler sent three armies with three million, 150 divisions, and 3,000 tanks to invade the Soviet Union. The attack covered over 2,000 miles -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes bomb an American naval base near Honolulu. Destroyed eight battleships and almost 200 airplanes -
Wannsee Conference
The meeting where the Nazis discussed "The Final Solution". -
Operation Gomorrah
British bombers raided Hamburg, Germany -
D-Day
156,000 American, Canadian, British forces storm the five beaches of France's Normandy region. -
Battle of the Bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
American air and naval bombardment of Japanese coast. Battle was fought in caves, tunnels, dugouts, and underground installations. -
Battle of Okinawa
The last and the biggest of the Pacific island battles in WWII. Involved 287,000 troops from U.S. Tenth Army and 130,000 troops from Japanese Thirty-Second Army. Battle lasted until June 22, 1945 -
VE Day
Known as Victory in Europe day. A day celebrated in US and in Great Britain. The day the Nazis had been defeated. -
Dropping of "Little Boy",
American bomber plane Enola Gay dropped a five ton over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It killed 80,000 people immediately and tens of thousands of people in the following weeks from injuries. -
Dropping of "Fat Man".
The second atomic bomb dropped over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The blast was equivalent to 22,000 tons of TNT. The blast killed 60,000 to 80,000 people. Exact death toll is impossible because the blast obliterated bodies. -
VJ Day
Known as Victory over Japan day
