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Rape of nanking
during the Sino-Japanese War of mass murder and mass rape by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanking the capital of the Republic of China -
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WWII
WWII was known as the second great war. It was caused by many things including Germany holding a grudge for the reperations from before and also the expansion of Germany. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was an attack method invented by hitler. it is german for "lightning war". the idea behind it is striking hard and fast behind large tanks. very effective and dangerous. -
fall of paris
the germans pushed a hard attack on France and easily won because of their strategy. the germans pushed through the ardennes forest conterary to the beliefs of pretty much all of europe. so with the forest being very weakly protected the germans easily pushed through and had a clear path to Paris. -
operation barbarossa
was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II -
Pearl Harbor
hundreds of Japanese planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack lasted two hours, but it was horrible. The Japanese managed to destroy 20 American naval vessels, including 8 battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers died and another 1,000 were wounded -
Wannsee Conference
The purpose of this conference was to make sure nazi leaders all were on the same page with what to do with the jews -
warsaw ghetto uprising
Jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II. -
D-Day
thousands of paratroopers were already on the ground behind enemy lines, securing bridges and exit roads. The invasions began at 6:30 a.m. The British and Canadians overcame light opposition to capture beaches codenamed Gold, Juno and Sword, as did the Americans at Utah Beach. U.S. forces faced heavy resistance at Omaha Beach, where there were over 2,000 American casualties. However, by day’s end, approximately 156,000 Allied troops had successfully stormed Normandy’ -
liberation of concentration camps
Many were unaware of the terrible things going on inside concentration camps until in june of 1944 the soviet union entered the majdenek camp and freed many prisoners. -
Battle of the Bulge
The battle of the Bulge was Germany's final attempt at gaining leverage in the war. they were slowly being overwhelmed and tried one last all out push to try and keep france from being taken back. they pushed all their troops at a weak spot in the allied lines. yet still lost. sucks -
Iwo Jima
This invasion was started because america's need for an island base close to japan. this battle led to many many deaths and a win for the US. -
VE day
VE Day is a day in Europe celebrating the european victory in WWII. thus its called VE Day. V for victory and E for Europe. it is celebrated on May 8 -
Dropping of atomic bombs
Truman was looking for a quick end to the was so tried out his new weapons, even though he was warned it would lead to massive US casualties. He made the decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. it served as a demonstration of our power. -
VJ Day
Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” V-J Day.
