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japanese invasion of china
japans invasions of china during the 1930s intitated and then expanded the largest war fought between two countries during the twentieth cetury -
Germany invasion of poland
german forces bombard poland on land and from the air . -
german blitkrieg
conventional wisdom traces blitzkrieg lightening war the development between germany 1918 and 1939 -
operation barbarossa
adolf hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the soviet union -
pearl harbor
hundreds of japanese fighter planes attacked the american naval base base at pearl harbor near honolulu , hawaii . -
wansee conference
Herman goering writing under instructions from hitler had ordered reinhard heydrich ss general to submit. -
opperation gomorrah
British bombers raid Hamburg by night . Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 civilans as a result of german bombing . -
D day - Normandy invasion
the battle of normandy lasted from june to august resulted in the allied liberation of western europe from nazoi germanys control -
battle of iwo
The american amphibious invasion of iwo jima , a key isand in the Bonin chain roughly 575 miles from the japanese coast , was sparked by the desire for a place where b-29 bombers damaged over japan -
battle of okinawa
japanese forces changed their typical tactics of resisting at the waters edge to a defense in depth, design to gain time . -
battle of bulge
adolph hitler attempted to split the allied armies in northwest europe by means of a surprise blitzkreig thrust through the ardennes to antwerp .
