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Japanese invasion of china
the conflict between Japan and china when china tried to refuse Japanese influence in its territory. The war was sectioned into three different parts and didn't officially end until 1945. -
Rape of nanking
20,000 to 80,000 women were sexuality assaulted in china. Nanking took many years to recover from the devastating act. -
Germany’s invasion of poland
Germany bombardered poland on land and plane. This is when WWll begun. The leader at the time for Germany was hitler. -
Fall of Paris
On this day germans troop surprisingly entered paris at 8 in the morning.The Americans entered the war and came to aid for paris. -
German Blitzkrieg
The war continuted until may of 1941 and for the first 57 nights there was a bombing ever single night. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the soviet union. There was 3 different massive army groups. -
Pearl harbor
It was surprise attack by Japan at 7:53 am. There was 2,403 people dead and 188 destroyed planes and 8 damaged battle ships -
Wannsee Conference
Also known as the final solution.over 1,000 people were killed in poland on this day. This act was instructed by Hitler. -
Bataan Death March
66 mile march there were 130,000 troops. The Us ended up surrendering to Bataan -
Battle of Midway
Epic clash between the US navy and the japanese navy. This was a 6 month war on the attack of the pearl harbor. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Was a brutal military campaign between russian forces and nazi germany and the axis powers during WWll. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Natiz tried to force the jews out of the ghetto by guns. At least 6,000 jews each day were being sent to concentration camps and thousands died of starvation diseases. -
D-Day
D-Day also know as the battle of norman day. 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five different beaches It was a 50 mile stretch on the coast of the beaches -
Battle of the Buldge
Battle of the Bulge lasted until january 25th 1945. This was has the nickname of “The greatest American battle of war” This was was Hilter's last major offense in world war ll. The german failed in dividing Britain, France and America -
Battle of iwo Jima
Major battle with the united states who ended up capturing iwo.Located 750 miles off the coast of japan. Iwo Jima had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility. -
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Okinawa ended june 22 1945. This was the last major battle of World War Two. It was also one of the bloodiest wars. More than 180,000 US troops decened to the pacific island of Okinawa -
Liberation of concentration camps
There were 5 major concentration camps the camps were not all in germany there was one poland.In january of 1995 Auschwitz was overrun by russian soliders -
VE Day
Known as Victory of Europe day.Germany surrendered to them and lost 8,000 soilders. -
Dropping of the atomic bomb
Killed 80,000 people.tens of thousands died later due to radiation.America finally used the atomic that they have been building for years. -
V-J Day
V-J day is known as a victory over Japan day. A formal surrender ceremony performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan.
