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Japanese invasion
On July 7, 1937 a clash occurred between China and Japan. Secretary of State Hull urged the Japanese Government an arrangement of self-restrant. July 12th with Japanese Ambassador Saito, Secretary of State Hull elaborated the futility of war and its consequences. www.granger.com -
rape of nanking
in December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. Their first concern was to eliminate any threat from the 90,000 Chinese soldiers who surrendered.These Westerners became the unsung heroes of Nanking, working day and night to the point of exhaustion to aid the Chinese. They also decribed the nanking as" hell on earth." -
germany's invasion of poland
When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, hundreds of thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish refugees fled the advancing German army into eastern Poland, hoping that the Polish army would halt the German advance in the west. Germany and the Soviet Union, the Polish government fled the country and established a government-in-exile in London. Polish refugees in eastern Poland faced the prospect of a long exile from home.
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german blitzkrieg
Germany sought to avoid a long war, in the a time period of 1939-1940 of World War II in Europe. Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaign. Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war). http://rense.com/general95/did.htm -
fall of paris
By May 1940, Europe had been at war for nine months. Yet Britain and France, despite having declared war on Germany in September 1939 following Hitler’s attack on Poland, had seen little real fighting. This tense period of anticipation – which came to be known as the ‘Phoney War’ – met an abrupt end on 10 May 1940, when Germany launched an invasion of France and the Low Countries. -
operation of barbosa
On 22 June 1941, some three million soldiers of Germany and her allies began an attack on the Soviet Union. This war was supposed to be over in a matter of months, but it lasted for four years, and grew into the largest and most costly conflict in all history. It was here, in the vast struggle between the two dictatorships, that the German army was defeated and the outcome of World War Two was decided in favour of the Allied powers.
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pearl harbor
The morning of 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 http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm -
wannsee confrence
Heydrich met with Adolf Eichmann, chief of the Central Office of Jewish Emigration, and 15 other officials from various Nazi ministries and organizations at Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin. The agenda was simple and focused: to devise a plan that would render a "final solution to the Jewish question" in Europe. Heydrich proposed simply transporting Jews from every corner Europe to concentration camps in Poland and working them to death. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005477 -
warsaw gehtto uprising
in 1942, Hitler decided to liquidate the ghettos and, within 18 months, had the more than two million Jews who’d survived the ghettos deported to death camps.On May 16, Stroop announced the fighting was over. He said his forces had captured 56,065 Jews and announced that he was going to blow up the Great Synagogue on Tlomack Street (which was outside the ghetto) as a symbol of victory and of the fact that “the Jewish quarter of Warsaw no longer exists.”Approximately 300 Germans and 7,000 jews. -
operation gomorrah
On this day in 1943, British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own "Blitz Week." Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 civilians as a result of German bombing raids in July. Now the tables were going to turn. The evening of July 24 saw British aircraft drop 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. http://www.bcampbell.org/BuffState/History117Fall2008/WeekSeven.htm -
d-day
The Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.\ http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/06/remem -
operation thunderclap
A genrql gave the name "operation thunderclap " only only if the Germany military was critical . That day was there because of the russian military had avanced quickly across poland and the eastern frontier of germany.The germns were fighting already hard on there two fronts and the east front was a very critical That is because the eastern side was a big target . -
battle of iwo jima
<a href='' >http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-iwo-jima</a>the americans inphibous invasion to iwo jima akey island . the battke was marked by japanese defense tatics. iwo jima was defended by roughly 23,000 troops, amd also attacked by three navy divisions . the japanese fought from network caves, tunnels, and dugouts. but the american lost with 5,9000 dead and 17,400 wounded. -
liberation of concentraition camps
As Allied troops moved across Europe in a series of offensives against Nazi Germany, they began to encounter tens of thousands of concentration camp prisoners. Many of these prisoners had survived forced marches into the interior of Germany from camps in occupied Poland. These prisoners were suffering from starvation and disease. -
battle of okinawa
The battle of Okinawa is one of the most memorable battles ever in history. In this Battle of Okinawa summary, you will learn about the leaders and the overall war that lasted an intense 82 days! It was during World War II when American and Japanese men fought viciously to win their battles. Okinawa, one of Japan’s southern prefectures had gotten in the middle of the chaos. The Americans desperately needed to use airstrips in the Okinawa region to launch bombing raids on Japan’s industrial he -
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. -
dropping of atomic bombs
At approximately 8.15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the deaths of 40,000 more. The dropping of the bombs, which occurred by executive order of US President Harry Truman, remains the only nuclear attack in history. In the months following the attack, roughly 100,000 more people died slow, horrendous deaths as a result of radiation -
VJ day
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 "Victory over Japan Day," or simply "V-J Day." -
battle of bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the costliest action ever fought by the U.S. Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties. On December 16, three German armies (more than a quarter-million troops) launched the deadliest and most desperate battle of the war in the west in the poorly roaded, rugged, heavily forested Ardennes.
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The once-quiet region became bedlam as American units were caught flat-footed and fought desperate battles to stem the German advance .
