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Japanese invasion of China
Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Using this as an excuse, the Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China using the conquered Manchuria as a launching base for their troops.The war against China had lead to 4 million Chinese casualties with 60 million made homeless. www.historylearning.com
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Germany's invasion of Poland
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German Blitzkrieg
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Fall of Paris
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Operation Barbarossa
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Pearl Harbor
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Wannsee Conference
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Bataan Death March
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Battle of Midway
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Operation Gomorrah
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D-Day
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Liberation of concentration camps
In the summer of 1944, the Soviets also overran the sites of the Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka killing centers.The Germans had dismantled these camps in 1943, after most of the Jews of Poland had already been killed.The Soviets liberated Auschwitz, the largest killing center and concentration camp, in January.American forces liberated more than 20,000 prisoners at Buchenwald. www.ushmm.org
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Battle of the Bulge
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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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Dropping of the atomic bombs
In August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War. The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties.They ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end.
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VJ Day
