-
Japanese invasion of China
Japanese forces invaded China because of past incidents between the two. Once invaded japan even created their own state. This event only lasted around 5 months because the Japanese left. -
German Blitzkreig
German term for lightening war. This was when they would use heavily armored vehicles and planes to destroy the enemy base/vehicles. This method was used during WW2. -
Fall of Paris
German forces invaded France by mobile operations. They also conquered Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and obviously France. This gave the allies less land and a lot more for Germany. -
Pearl Harbor
Two waves of Japanese planes dropped bombs onto the naval known as Pearl harbor. This killed thousands of Americans and made the american people hate all Japanese people, whether they lived in California or Japan The Japanese attacked so they could try and obtain the most powerful navy in the world. Right after this event Hitler declared war on the US and we were put into the war. -
Bataan Death March
After U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines in WW2, approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an 65-mile march to prison camps by the Japanese. -
Battle of Midway
Only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy defeated an attacking fleet of the Japanese Navy damaging the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable. Historians also called it "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare." -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle on the Eastern Front of WW2. Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad, which was located on the eastern boundary of Europe. 1.7–2 million wounded, killed or captured making this one of the bloodiest/deadly battles of the war. -
Allied invasion of Italy
The Allied landing on mainland Italy that took place during the early stages of World War II. The main force landed around Salerno on the western coast in, while two supporting operations took place in Calabria and Taranto. -
D-Day
The Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest invasion by sea in history, the operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control. Contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front. -
Operation Thunderclap
Was the code for the operation that was not ever carried out during the war. The plan was supposed to take out 220,000 casualties most of them being major German officials. This was never carried out because the plan was thought to not work or go right. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima. This five-week battle comprised some of the bloodiest fighting of WW2 and in the Pacific. -
Battle of Okinawa
Code named operation Iceberg, the battle of Okinawa was fought in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. This battle included the most amphibious assault in the pacific during the war. The US had sunk one of the Japanese most important submarines, later ending in a victory for the Allies. -
VE Day
German forces finally surrendered after years of leading the fight in WW2. Giving the US and Britain and the other countries allied with them a major sigh of relief. VE day is still "celebrated" in the US and Britain. -
Potsdam Declaration
Also known as the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender was a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II. -
Dropping of Atomic Bombs
The united states wanted to end the war with japan by having the least amount of american casualties. This lead President Truman and the rest of the government to decide to drop 5 ton bombs on the city on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
The day that the Japanese finally surrendered. This was done after the US and Japan had battled throughout the war. This led to the end of WW2 and sent joy around the country and world.
