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soldier captured, which gave the excuse to invade China by the Japanese. Hundred thousand troops were sent in. The Chinese were slaughtered, Chinese women were raped, Victims were burried alive and or drowned. At the end of 1938 Eastern China was overrun.
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aka Najing Massacre
Episode during the 2nd Sinco-Japanese war, containing mass murder and mass rape by Japanese troops against Nanjing
result- 50,000 - 3000,000 killed -
aka September Campaign lastedf 1 month and 5 days. German forces invaded Poland from the north south and west.
BEGINNING OF WORL WAR 2
German and Soviet victory -
Lightning war blitzkriegs create disorganization, German tried out the blitzkrieg on Poland. Beofre successfully invading Belguim, thr Netherlandsx, and France.
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Japan vs. USA naval base @ Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Led the US into WW2
2390 died in this attack -
3 month battle
60 mile march
21600 dead Fillipino & American -
Germany vs. Jewish residence & polsih residence
German victory
ordered burning of the ghetto
13000 jews died burned 1/2 burnt alive or smothered -
H Hour
allied invasion of Normady
decisive allied victory
all VS germany -
Soviet Soldiers were the 1st to liberate concentration camps
jul 23 1944 entered Majdanek camp in Poland
jan 27 1945 entered aushwitz concentration camp
later overran killing centers -
US vs Japan
US victory
located in the pacific ocean -
victory in Europe day
formal acceptance of allies of WW2 or germany's surrender -
US vs Japan
fought in the ryuku islands (Japan)
allied (US) victory -
US dropped a 5 ton bomb over Japan = 15000 tons of TNT
marked an end of WW2
ignited the Cold War
killed 80,000 people -
Victory over japan day (VJ)
the day japan surrendored in WW2
memorial day for the end of war
many public celebrations -
Belguim
German offensive campaign
allied victory
