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Japanese Invasion of China
It all started when the Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops. JApan used this as an excuse to invade china. -
German Invasion of Poland
On September 1,1939 at 4:45 am, the invasion began. The German used a strategy called blitzkreig, or lightening war.Nazi's scrambled to head off hostilities with western powers. Germany reached warsaw which advanced 140 miles in the first week of the invasion. This was the first time Poland was partitioned by it's most powerful neigbors.
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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to created disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. German first used blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939. This resulted in short military campaign and preserved human lives and limited the use of artillery. It wasn't a successful until the invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940.
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Fall of Paris
Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. that evening-as German troops enter and occupy Paris. MOre than 2 million Parisians have fled. -
Operation Barbarossa
This was the turning point of WW2. It was named after Frederick Barbarossa. It was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It forced Germany to fight a two-front war against superior sources. It was originally supposed to happen in May because of the necessity of the german invasion of Yukoslavia and Greece in April of that same year. -
Pearl Harbor
At about 8am, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the american naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii. The devestating attack lasted 2 hours. The Japanese destroyed 20 American naval vassels including 8 battleships and 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 soldiers were dead and another 1,000 were wounded. The Amercan Congress declared war on Japan.
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Wannsee Conference
This was when the Nazi party and the German Government officials gathered at a villa in Wannsee to discuss the final solution of the Jewish Question. The final solution was code name for annihilation of the European Jews. Hitler authorized a scheme for a mass murder. Approximately 11,000,000 would fall under the "Final Solution."
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Bataan Death March
The US surrender in the Phillipines. approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. They were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards.
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Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan. the U.S. used code breaking. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.
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BAttle of Stalingrad
it was successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict.
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Operation Gomorrah
This was when British bombers raided Hamburg, Germany. At the same time Americans bombed it by day in its own "Blitz Week." In the evening British dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. More than 1,500 German civilians were killed. British attacks continued until November of that year.
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy,France. German resistance stopped them from getting what they were aiming for. By late August Germany surrendered. -
Battle of the Bulge
On this day, three German armies launched the dealiest battle of the war in the west. German offensive is launched against the Allies in the Ardennes Mountains region on the Western Front. its objective was to be a surprise. This lead to the neutralization of the German counteroffensive.
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Battleof Iwo Jima
On February 19, 1945, American soldiers make their first strike on the Japanese Home Islands at Iwo Jima. This caused for a base needed near the Japanese coast. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops.They fought from caves, tunnels and dugouts. the marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Battle of Okinawa
On April 1, 1945, Allied forces invade the island of Okinawa and engage the Japanese in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. it was the last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II. It involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army.Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties including 14,000 dead.
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operation thunderclap
the proposal was to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport infrastructure of the eastern front. Also to demonstrate to the German population. -
VE Day
Great Britain and united states celebrate victory in europe day.they put out flags and banners while celebrating the defeat of the nazi war. by may 9th soviets lost more than 600 soldiers. about 1 million germans were taken captive. -
Potsdam Declaration
a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.
http://www.google.com/search?q=potsdam+declaration&safe=active&biw=1024&bih=674&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=1_w4VdSbCMSqsAXHkYGgAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ -
Dropping of the atomic bomb
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime. It started when the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This was the end of WW2 but the start of the cold War. IT immediately killed 80,000 people. -
VJ Day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. This officially ended WW2. It is known as victory over japan day.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
