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Japanese Invasion of China (Rape of Nanking)
The Massacre of Nanking was full of blood and lost.
60,000 died from fires -
German Invasion of Poland
Civilians number of lost was 6,000-7,000
Poland was divided in the end -
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Dunkirk Evacuation
338,226 soldiers rescued from assimilated fleet over 800 boats.
The BEF(British Expeditionary Force) lost 68,000 soldiers (dead, wounded, missing, or captured) -
"Blitzkrieg"
The German word Blitzkrieg means "lightning wave"
The lightning wave was only a year long the people didn't lose much. -
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The Battle of Britain(London Blitz)
At least 3,363 Luftwaffe aircrew were killed, 2,641 missing and 2,117 wounded
"Max" bomb used. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Believed that the Japanese would start that war with an attack on American territory.
It was smoked and heavy to breath, -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Germans had pushed the Soviet defenders back at great cost into narrow zones.
Soviet victory at Stalingrad was a great humiliation for Hitler, who had elevated the battle's importance in German opinion. -
D-Day Invasions
The First Army will attack at H hour on D day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel Salient.
D-Day is Day of Days -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Not expected to increase to 3,000 warplanes until March or April 1945. Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi was assigned to command the defense of Iwo Jima. -
V-E Day
V-E Day is Victory in Europe Day or just V-Day
On May 9, the Soviets would lose 600 more soldiers in Silesia before the Germans finally surrendered. -
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Dropping of the Atomic bomb on hiroshima and Nagasak
Japanese nuclear weapon program, but it lacked the human.The only person deserving credit for saving Kyoto from destruction is Henry L. Stimson -
V-J Day
V-J Day is Victory over Japan Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which the Empire of Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war
