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Japanese invasion of China
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Germany's invasion of Poland
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Fall of Paris
France hadn't had a lot of fighting even though they were also involved in the war. This time of not a lot of fighting ended in May of 1940, when Germany invaded France and the Low countries. In just four days, the german had broken throough French lines. French troops were evacuated from England and eventually, the French capital fell. http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/fall-of-france -
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Operation Barbarossa
This was the code name for when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa -
Pearl Harbor
Japan sent two waves of attacking waves to Oahu, Hawaii. This bombing of the U.S naval base klled more than 2,300 Americans and completely destroyed American battleships. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_pearlhar_1.html -
Batan Death March
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Battle of Midway
The United States attacked Japan in this battle, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
This is one of the bloodiest battles in history when Nazi Germany and it's allies fought the Soviet Union, hoping to gain control of the city, Stalingrad, in Southern Russia. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
This was a Jewish act of resistence which arose in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-Occupied Poland. The people were oposing the final Nazi plan to transport the people who lived in the Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising -
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Allied Invasion of Italy
This was when the allied forces invaded the mainland of Italy. They wanted to advance to Germany from the South. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-invade-italian-mainland -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
A battle that resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from the German Nazi control. On D-Day, around 156,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers invaded five beaches along France's Normandy region, whhich was heavily fortified. http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1749.html -
Liberation of concentration camps
The first to liberate concentration camps were soviet soldiers. They first went to the Majdanek camp in Poland and then wnet to other killing camps, and eventually Auscwitz in 1945. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131 -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler attempted to split the allied forces through a surpise attack. The United States fought desperate battles to stem the German advance. This led to the neutralization of the German counteroffensive. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Operation Thunderclap
This was the code name for all of the raids which were another step in the British War Cabinets planned campaign of area bombing. http://ww2today.com/13-february-1945-operation-thunderclap-raf-start-firestorm-in-dresden -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a very significant battle of World War 2. The United States marines landed on an later captured an island called, Iwo Jima from the Japanese. -
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Battle of Okinawa
This was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu islands. The U.S was island hopping to eventually occupy Japan. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
VE Day (Victory in Europe Day)
This was a public holiday in which people in the United States and Great Britain celebrated the defeat of the Nazi war machine. Banners and flags were displayed throughout the nations as they celebrated the German surrendering. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Postdam Decleration
This was a document that called for all of the Japanese armed forces to surrender during World War II. http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/etc/c06.html -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
When President Truman was warned that the attepmt to invade Japan would result in the deaths of many Americans, he ordered atomic bombs to be dropped inorder to bring the war to an end quickly. On this day, the American bomber named Enola Gay dropped a bomb over a city in Japan called Hiroshima. This explosion nearly killed 80,000 people and wiped out about 90% of the city. 10,000 more people died later due to exposure to radiation. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshim -
VJ Day
On August 15, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered. This caused a lot of people to celebrate and there was a formal surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The president at thiis time, Truman, declared that September 2nd would be VDay. http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/September/vjday.htm
