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Japanese invasion of china
Japanese troops fought near peiping in north china followed by intensified military activity by japan -
Rape of nanking
The Japanese army invaded nanking and systematically raped tortured and murdered over 300,000 chinese civilians and soilders -
German blitzkreig
Germans bombed countries then followed with massive land invasion -
Germanys invasion of poland
Germany ran up on poland from land and air and easily took the country over. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes destroyed nearly 20 U.S. naval vessles causing the untied states to declare war on japan and join ww2 -
Bataan Death March
The imperial japanese army forcibly transferred 60,000 to 80,000 Filipino and American prisoners from Saisaih Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell -
Warsaw ghetto uprising
german police and troops entered the warsaw ghetto to deport the survivors there and 750 fighters held them off for one month -
D-Day
The United States bombarded the German forces in Normandy, France with naval and aerial attacks before an airborne assault of 24,000 American, Canadian and British troops and acheived their goal on July 21 -
Liberation of concentration camps
Soviets took over Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran other killing centers. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found and freed hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners.The Americans liberated Buchenwald and Dachau, while British forces liberated Bergen-Belsen -
Battle of the bulge
It was the largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe during World War II and is also the largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. It was a german attack to wedge between american and british forces in france. -
Battle of iwo jima
The marines had a goal of capturing the whole island of iwo jima including 3 japanese airfields. -
Battle of okinawa
It was the last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army -
VE-day
V-E Day is observed on May 8, 1945 in Great Britain, Western Europe, the United States and Australia, and on May 9 in the Soviet Union and New Zealand.V-E Day celebtrates the surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe. -
atomic bomb
American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima to end WW2 -
Vj day
on August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered to the Allies ending World War II. Both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.” -