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Japanese invasion of China (1937)
Japanese expansion in East Asia began in 1931 with the invasion of Manchuria and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on China. On September 27,1940,Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy.thus entering the military alliance known as the "Axis."The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 19 September 1931when the Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.After the war the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo. -
German Blitzkrieg
The term had appeared in 1935, in a German military periodical Deutsche Wehr (German Defence), in connection to quick or lightning warfare. German manoeuvre operations were successful in the campaigns of 1939–1941 and by 1940 the term blitzkrieg was extensively used in Western media.In the first phase of World War II in Europe, Germany sought to avoid a long war. Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. -
Pearl Harbor
President Roosevelt moved the US Pacific Fleet from California to Pearl Harbor in 1939. This move was a threat to Japan, who wanted to expand in the Pacific. Military leaders and politicians saw a war between the U.S. and Japan as inevitable, with the solution being to attack first.As war was inevitable, Japan's only chance was the element of surprise and to destroy America's navy as quickly as possible. -
Wannsee Conference
On January 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question."The Wannsee Conference held on January 20th, 1942, is seen as the meeting where the so-called 'Final Solution' was decided on. The conference at Wannsee was chaired by Reinhard Heydrich with the minutes being taken by Adolf Eichmann. -
Battle of Midway (1942)
The Battle of Midway, fought in World War II, took place on June 5, 1942 (June 4-June 7 in US time zones). The United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre.Why was the battle of midway such an important battle. The Battle of Midday, that took place in June 1942, was a turning point in the Pacific front during WWII. Japanese had shown in the Pacific until this moment. -
Operation Gomorrah (1943)
Thunderclap plan. In August 1944 plans were drawn for an operation code named Thunderclap, but it was shelved and never implemented. The plan envisaged a massive attack on Berlin that would cause 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed, many of them key German personnel, which would shatter German morale.The most-significant episode of strategic bombing during World War II was the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. all of this happened in September 19, 1939. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising (1943)
An estimated 55,000 to 60,000 Jews remained in the Warsaw ghetto.On April 19, 1943, Himmler sent in SS forces and their collaborators with tanks and heavy artillery to liquidate the Warsaw ghetto. they were cramped in the small tiny homes. they were forced to move out of the ghetto.The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Nazi. they were forced to out of the ghetto. -
D-Day
the day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. Codenamed Operation 'Overlord', the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches marked the start of a long and costly campaign to liberate north-west Europe from German occupation. Twelve Allied nations were in d day. -
Battle of Okinawa (1945)
It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies.Thus, from the Japanese view Okinawa was and could be no more than a delaying battle of attrition on a grand scale.The battle was between the military forces of the Empire of Japan and the Allies. It was the second biggest amphibious battle of World War II, after the Battle of Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge (1945))
The Americans suffered some 75,000 casualties in the Battle of the Bulge, but the Germans lost 80,000 to l00,000. German strength had been irredeemably impaired. By the end of January 1945, American units had retaken all ground they had lost, and the defeat of Germany was clearly only a matter of time.The Battle of the Bulge, fought over the winter months of 1944 – 1945, was the last major Nazi offensive against the Allies in World War Two. The battle was a last ditch attempt by Hitler -
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
The U.S. determined that Iwo Jima must be captured. The Battle: U.S. Marines invaded Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, after months of naval and air bombardment. The Japanese defenders of the island were dug into bunkers deep within the volcanic rocks. ... It had been one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history. About 6,800 US soldiers died and 17,000 were injured, while only 1,080 of the 22,000 Japanese troops defending the island survived. few of the bodies has been retrieved. -
VE Day 1945
May 8th 1945, was the date the Allies celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Reich, formally recognising the end of the Second World War in Europe. The Allies had begun to overrun Germany from the west during April as Russian forces advanced from the east. Nazi Germany surrenders, May 7, 1945. On this day in 1945, Gen. Alfred Jodl, representing the German High Command. -
VJ Day (1945)
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.”The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe. On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri. Victory over Japan Day 2019 in us -
Liberation of concentration camps (1945)
Liberation Of The Concentration Camps. As the Allies advanced across Europe at the end of the Second World War, they came across concentration camps filled with sick and starving prisoners. The first major camp to be liberated was Majdanek near Lublin, Poland in July 1944. According to SS reports, there were more than 700,000 prisoners left in the camps in January 1945. It has been estimated that nearly half of the total number of concentration camp deaths between 1933 and 1945 occurred -
Potsdam Declaration (1945)
The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender was a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.Japan accepts Potsdam terms, agrees to unconditional surrender.the meeting was for to solve the problem in japan.Japan accepts Potsdam terms, agrees to unconditional surrender. On this day in 1945, just a day after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan submits its acquiescence to the Potsdam Conference terms . -
Dropping of the atomic bombs (1945)
On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A blast equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city to ruins and immediately killed 80,000 people. So far, two nuclear weapons have been used in the course of warfare, both by the United States near the end of World War II. On August 6, 1945, a uranium gun-type device was detonated over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. they want the smoke.
