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Japanese invasion of China
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Germany's invasion of Poland (1939)
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German Blitzkrieg (1939-1940)
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Fall of Paris
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Operation Barbarossa
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Pearl Harbor
Before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes.More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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Wannsee Conference
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Battle of Midway
The battle of midway ended on June 7, 1942. The battle of midway was one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II–begins. The outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy. 4 June 1942 Japanese planes bombed Midway. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-midway-begins -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943), was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battle in history, with combined military and civilian casualties of nearly 2 million. http://www.history.com/topics/world -
Operation Gomorrah
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Allied invasion of Italy
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion
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Operation Thunderclap
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Okinawa
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VE Day
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Potsdam Declaration (1945)
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Dropping of the atomic bombs
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VJ Day
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Battle of the Bulge
