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Japanese Ivasion of china
On 1937 there was a clash between Chinese and Japanese troops. After a couple days after the japans war on china, secretary Hull issued a fundamental principles of international policy. -
Rape of Nanking
In December 1937, The Japanese army went into china's capital city of Nanking. Then murdered 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers. After beating the Chinese at Shanghai in November, 50,000 soldiers went toward Nanking. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
1.5 million soldiers invaded Poland. On September 3 war was declared on Germany. To neutralize the possibility that the USSR would come to Germany'd aid they signed a pact with the soviet union. The polish army was able to mobilize on million men, but it didn't help. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was a military tactic to make it unorganized, or confusion to other enemy's. it was very effective when it came to preserving human lives. Then German forces used Blitzkrieg to employ the tactic with invasions of Belgium. -
Fall of Paris
Parisians Awakened to the sound of a german voice saying there was going to be a curves for 8pm. British Prime minister Winston Churchill had tried to convince the french government to sue for peace, that america would come to help. By the time germans tanks rolled into paris, 2 mllion parisians had already left. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7 hundreds of Japanese planes attacked the american naval base at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese destroyed 20 vessels, 8 battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 soldiers died. The next day, president Franklin Roosevelt requested a war on Japan. -
Wannsee Conference
The nazi officials meet to discuss the details of the final solution. Orders from Hitler, Herman Goering to submit a plan to finally have a solution or plan for the jewish question. A plan which would include a mass sterilization and deportation to the island of Madagascar. Then transporting jews from their homes to concentration camps in Poland and work them to death. The conferecnes were kept which later helped for evidence during the nuremberg war crimes trials. -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decide naval battles. The united states was able to preempt and counter Japans planned abash of its few remaining aircraft carriers. The victory allowed the united stats to move into an offensive position. -
Bataan death March
On April 9, over 75,000 Filipino and American troops were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps. With the intense heat, it left people tired, over heated, and sick. Many starved, and energy to keep walking. Many got beat because they weren't walking fast enough. The people were split into groups of 100. Each group took 5 days to make it to the prison camps. -
Allied invasion of Italy
After defeating Italy and Germany in the north African campaign, the united states and great Britain had their defeat of Nazi Germany. When the allies won the North African campaign over a million germans and italian troops surrendered. -
Warsaw ghetto uprising
On April 19 through May 16 during world war 2 many residents from the Jewish ghetto refused to get moved to extermination camps. After being put into the camps the ghetto was finally under Nazi's control. -
D- Day
During world war 2, the battle of Normandy resulted in the allied liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. The battle began June 6, 1944. 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on five beaches, 50 miles long. The invasion was meant for it to take place June 5. But the weather caused it to be delayed. -
Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the allied armies. American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at st.- vith, and Elsenborn ridge. on December 16, three German armies launched the deadliest armies. -
Battle of Iwo JIma
Marine divisons landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo was supported by over 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops. The soldiers fought from caves, dugouts, and tunnels. after fighting for over a month the marines wiped out the defending forces. -
Battle of Okinawa
Last and biggest battle of World War 2. There was 287,000 soldiers against 130,000 of the Japanese army. Japan lost more than 77,000 and the allies had more than 65,000 wounded, or dead. Both sides of the generals had died in battle. Many battleships, aircraft, and more than 10,000 losses. -
Liberation of concentration camps
Allied troops moved across Europe in a series of offensives against Nazi Germany. They were taking thousands of concentration prisoners. many survived marches. Many suffered starvation and different types of diseases. The Germans tried to get rid of the damage they did, also the evidence from killing. they attempted to burn the crematoriums. Hundreds of thousands of male clothing was found and 800,000 women clothing. After shaving their hair, more than 14,000 pounds of hair was found. -
VE day
Both Britain and the united states have victory in Europe. 1 Million Germans attempted a mass exodus to the west. The next day the soviets would lose more than 600 soldiers. -
Potsdam Declaration
It was the last meeting held by the " big three" heads of state. The conference mainly talked about postwar, but also talked about punishment for war criminals, land boundaries, and reparations. The first day of the conference was on july17 and ended on august 2. The leaders issued a declaration demanding surrender from Japan. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weapons during wartime. it marked the end of world war 2. The first atomic bomb was successful. The blast was equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city. The bomb would immediately kill 80,000 people. Many people died from radiation weeks after. Three days later another bomb had been dropped. it killed over 40,000 people. -
VJ Day
It was announced that Japan had Surrendered unconditionally to the allies, ending world war 2. August 15 was known as " victory over japan Day" or V-J Day. after the nazi Germany surrender , japan brought 6 years of hostilities. The Potsdam Declaration called on japan to surrender The Japanese government refused to surrender. After the bombs hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki The Japanese accepted the terms of the declaration.
