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Japanese Invasion of China
The Japan-China War started in July 1937 when the Japanese stated that Chinese troops shot at them at Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. They used it as an excuse, so they could launch a invasion on China -
Rape of Nanking
eyewitness.comJapanese and Chinese troops clashed at the Marco Polo Bridge. Japan launched a full-blown attack on the city at the end of the month utilizing massed infantry, tanks and airstrikes. It did not take long for the city and the surrounding area to fall to the Japanese. -
German Blitzkrieg
history.comA German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. Its successful execution results in short military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery. German forces tried out the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 before successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belg -
Germany's invasion of poland
Some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. -
Fall Of Paris
www.history.comFrench premier Paul Reynaud telegrammed President Franklin Roosevelt, asking for aid-a declaration of war, or any and all help possible. Roosevelt repsponded saying that the United States was prepared to send material aid. -
Operation Barbarossa
history.comwww.history.comOn June 22, 1941, Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. Barbarossa was a turning point in World War II, for its failure forced Nazi Germany to fight a war against a coalition possessing superior resources. -
Pearl Harbor
www.history.comJust before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded -
Wannsee conference
history.comOn January, 20, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, convened the Wannsee Conference in Berlin with 15 Nazi bureaucrats to construct the Final Solution in which the Nazis would attempt to kill the whole Jewish population of Europe, approxiametly around 11 million persons. -
Bataan Death March
eyewitness.comOn April 6, 1942 American and Filipino troops surrendered because they were low on food and soldiers were dying from not having nourishment. -
Battle of Stalingrad
historylearningsite.comThe Battle for Stalingrad was fought during the winter of 1942 to 1943. In September 1942. General Paulus, advanced on the city of Stalingrad. His main task was to secure the oil fields in the Caucasus. To do that Hitler ordered him to take over Stalingrad. -
Operation Gomorrah 1943
The evening of July 24 saw British aircraft drop tons of bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. The explosive power was the same of what German bombers had dropped on London. More than 1,500 German civilians were killed in that first British raid. -
Allied Invasion Of Italy
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had told the government to be patient and that the U.S would come to their aid. Paul Reynaud telegrammed President Franklin Roosevelt, asking for aid-a declaration of war, or any and all help possible. Roosevelt replied that the United States was prepared to send material aid -
D-Day
On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the shores of Normandy, France. Over 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end, the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe -
Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, Hitler attempted to divide the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. -
Operation Thunderclap
In February 1945, the Allies launched Operation Thunderclap, a series of efforts against cities in the east part of Germany. They paved the way from the Red Army to take the territory.These raids taxed the bomber crews. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
By 1944, America and her allies in the Pacific War had the ascendancy. In the west, the Japanese were being turned back in Burma and island hopping had isolated Japanese forces in the eastern sector. Combined with the attacks on Iwo Jima, was America’s desire to finally destroy Japan’s merchant fleet so that the Japanese mainland could not be supplied from the food-rich sectors of South East Asia which Japan still had control over. Linked to this, was the destruction of Japan’s remaining indus -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) was on May 8th 1945. VE Day officially announced the end of World War Two in Europe. On Monday May 7th at 02.41. German General Jodl signed the unconditional surrender document that formally ended war in Europe. Winston Churchill was informed of this event at 07.00. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa started in April 1945. Okinawa was to prove a battle even by the standards of the war in the Far East but it was to be one of the important battles of WW2. -
Dropping of The Atomic Bomb
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War. -
VJ Day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War II. Ever since, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.” The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay.
