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China falls to Japan
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931. Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo and their occupation lasted until end of Word War II. Aka "Fall of France." The armistice between France and Germany was signed on June 22nd, 1940. -
Blitzkrieg into Poland
The blitzkrieg which were fast moving troops supported by air power and were used when Germany rolled into Poland.The Soviets also invaded from east and had Poland outdated military. The German invaded Poland because Hitler thought that this would bring living space for the German people -
German invasion of France
Germany had invaded the lower countries, its blitzkrieg attack took place as part of Germany overall operational plan to attack France and the British troops stationed in France. British and Dutch troops put up fierce resistance against the German paratroopers, but it was in vain; the Germans had gained the element of surprise and quickly overthrew. -
Dunkirk
The battle had taken place in Dunkirk, France that were allies and the Nazi Germany. It was the defense and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe. It rescued a large amount of British and French soldiers and also it made less likely the possible of a German invasion in Britain. -
Germany Takes Greece
North Africa was attacked by Germany and Italy and they had also captured Greece, then Germany invaded Russia in June of 1940 -
Battle of Britain/ The Blitz
The battle was a successful defense of Great Britain against the air raids conducted by the German air force. it was after the fall of France. It was the first defeat of Hitlers forces and it was as well the first major campaign fought entirely by air forces. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was when Hitler launched his armies eastward in a huge invasion of the Soviet union. Three army groups with over three million German soldiers. There were 3000 tanks and 150 division set in the frontier into Soviet territory. It was the beginning of the end of the Third Reich. -
Pearl Harbor
Approximately 360 Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.Had lost 19 ships, 150 planes and 2400 soldiers. Japan intended this attack to keep the US from interfering with the miltary action that they had planned South Asia. Pearl Harbor was what had caused the US to enter World War II -
Philippines 1942
American had lasted three months but had ran out of supplies and had no reinforcements. The American troops were led by General MacArthur. MacArthur had ordered to a retreat to Australia and Japan ended up capturing the Philippines -
Bataan (Battle and March)
It was when 60,000 prisoners marches 70 miles through the steamy jungles to POW camps and over 10,000 died from abuse, starvation and exhaustion. The battle was a representation of the most intense phases of imperial Japans battle is that it showed the Americans how unprepared they were fighting against a highly trained army. -
Doolittle Raid
An air raid by the US on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu during the war. They had also specifically modified planes to bomb Tokyo, which helped the US morale but did very little damage. It was the first air strike to attack the Japanese Home Islands. -
Coral Sea
The goal for the Japanese was to cut off the shipping lanes between US and Australia, and step up for an invasion of Australia. The first naval battle was fought in the air and it was a victory, forced japan to retreat. It was also the first pure carrier-versus-carrier battle in history. It was an important turning point for the war in the Pacific because it was a first that the allies has stopped the Japanese advance. -
Midway
It was believed to be a big stepping stone to capturing Hawaii, Us Mainland. It was a 4-day battle that resulted in heavy losses for Japan but their significant losses were 275 plane, 4 aircraft's carriers and finally the battle. It was also a turning point in the Pacific War since the imperial Navy or Japan had defeated enemies from the Pacific and Indian Oceans. -
El Alamein (2nd Battle)
This battle had taken place near the Egyptian Railway halt of El Alamein. It was marked as victorious by the Allied Forces along with the watershed of the Western Desert Campaign. El Alamein had led to retreat the African Korps and the German had surrendered which occurred in North Africa -
Operation Torch
The Allies had invaded the French North America. It was the first time Britian and US had decided to work on an invasion plan together. It allowed Allies to clear North Africa of Axis Powers and control. -
Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was a major battle fought on the Eastern Front in which the Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for the control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. It was the first major loss for the German during the war. -
Guadalcanal
The battle took six months until the Us had control of the Island. It was a very complex environment and the troops has to learn how to fight in jungles and learn native language that was used to communicate on the battlefield known as Navajo. It was the first major offensive and decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. -
Sicily
British and American troops steadily pushed back axis forces and the city fell to allies.The allies had launched pas into Italy. -
Kursk
This battle had became one of the largest tank battles in all time. Hitler had sent Wehrmacht army and ordered them to go to Kursk to attack and eliminate the red army but the poor conditions, poor decisions and distractions led to them giving themselves and the Russian prepare for battle that ended with a victory. -
Salerno
The Salerno battle was the invasion of Italy when it was a month after that the allies secured Sicily. It was the first landing for Salerno -
Gilbert & Marshall Islands
The Gilbert & Marshall island battles had a large amount of losses which caused retraining of the troops. It took 72 hours to root the Japanese off the island.The Marshall was much easier due to the lessons learned from the Gilbert battle. -
Anzio
The battle of Anzio was an attempt by the Allied forces to draw German troops off of the Gustav Line during the Operation Shingle. It was a success but resulted in capitulates which effected them later on. then they proceeded on invading Rome. -
Operation Dragoon
the Operation Dragoon was a code name for the allied invasion of the Southern France. The goal for this operation was to secure the ports on the French Mediterranean coast and increase pressure on the German forces by opening another front. It forced the German army to fall back and leave Southern France because of the constant attacks by the Allied Powers. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
It was the largest naval battle in history. It was also the first time Kamikaze was used. Nimitz and MacArthur converged on the islands. They had regained the Philippines in February 1945 and the US almost completely destroyed their navy. -
Bastogne
Hitler needed the city to win. It had been the only town Americans hadn't retreated at the Battle of Bulge. 101st airborne refused to surrender to the city. Germans has sent a messages that was "Surrender or be killed" and Americans answered with "Nuts". Patton and his army had rescued 101st airborne. -
Philippines 1944-45
The battle of Philippines was the America and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines in World War II -
Battle Of Bulge
It was the largest battle fought in the Eastern Front in Europe. It was also battle that had fought the US army. This battle was attempted for them to push the Allied front line west from the northern France to northwestern Belgium. -
Okinawa
It was the last and biggest battle of the war. It has involved 287,000 troops of the US. The Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese. There were air bases vital to protect invasion of Japan. -
Hitlers Suicide
Adolf Hitler had committed suicide by a gunshot in Berlin and his wife as well had committed suicide by taking cyanide.Soon after his death, Germany unconditional surrendered to the Allied forces. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta conference was a conference of British Prime Minister Churchill, Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt and in which they had agreed to demand Germany unconditional surrender and began plans for post-war world. -
Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the US troops landed on and eventually captured the islands of Iwo Jima from the Japanese. They had won the battle which gained respect from the US. -
Battle of Atlantic
The Axis Powers and Allied Powers fought for the control of the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic wanted to resupply the Great Britain and Soviet Union in the fight against Germany and Italy and the Axis wanted to stop this from happening. It was also the longest continuous military campaign of World War II. -
German Surrender
After Hitlers death, Germany unconditional surrendered. The war of Europe was officially over. -
D-Day
The Allied powers had been crossed by the English Channel and landed on the beaches in Normandy.It had been the largest seaborne invasion in history. The allies had also successfully landed in Normandy and paved their way to liberate all the Occupied Countries of Europe. -
New Guinea
The island of New Guinea was the largest island just north of Australia and was divided into two administrative districts. The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the War in August 1945. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The The explosion had taken out 90% of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. The A-bomb was then dropped after the first bomb killing 40,000. That was when the Japanese Emperor announced his country surrender. -
Potsdam
It was the last conference by the "Big Three" before WWII was over.They had talked about establishing the Council of Foreign Ministers and a central Allied Control Council for the administration and it shaped the future of the Post War Europe. -
Japanese Surrender
On August 10, 1945 Emperor Hirohito forced the Japanese government to surrender, on September 2, 1945 a peace treaty was signed on board the American battleship Missouri which anchored in Tokyo Bay. -
Invasion Of Manchuria by Japan.
The invasion of Manchuria by Japan lead to the Japanese occupation of China during War. The Chinese did not fight back because they knew that the Japanese had always wanted to invade Manchuria.
