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Japanese Invasion of China
The Japanese invaded China, launching the Second Sino-Japanese War. (July 1937). Japan's invasion of China was due essentially to Japan's desire to be an imperial power. There was both an economic and a militaristic element to this desire. Economically, Japan needed more resources, For this reason, it expanded into Korea, Taiwan and eventually Manchuria. Militaristically, Japan was being controlled and they wanted to prove that they were strong and could subjugate other countries such as China. -
Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking or the Nanjing Massacre took over a period of weeks in the year 1937 in the Chinese City of Nanking. Hundreds of Thousands of Imperial Japanese Army forces were brutally murdered (both civilians and soldiers) and as many as 20,000 to 80,000 women were sexually assaulted. The city was ruined and it took many decades after to recover from this horrible tragedy. Those involved were the Japan troopers whom were commanded by General Matsui Iwane and entered the city of Nanking. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland in 1939 marked the start of World War II. It was led by the Nazis, a small contingent of Slovaks, and the Soviet Union. It began at 4:45 am on the 1st of September, when the Germans opened fire on the Polish garrison at Danzig. Hitler believed that the invasion of Poland would result in a quick and easy defeat. -
German Blitzkreig
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower (such as tanks, planes, and artillery). German forces tried out the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 and successfully used the tactic against Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece. -
Operation Barbarossa
On 22 June 1941, Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union and one of the largest attacks (three and a half million Axis troops). The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles. “Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II, for its failure forced Nazi Germany to fight a two-front war against a coalition possessing immensely superior resources”. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii due to the intensifying Japanese-American rivalry in the Pacific. This later lead the U.S. to enter WWII and worsened things between U.S and the Japanese. -
Wannsee Conference
January 20, 1942 there was meeting held in berlin where the Nazi Generals met to discuss what would happen with the jews. Known as the jews final solution. It was then decided that the jews were to be sent away & murdered. And the murdering of jews was legal. -
The Bataan Death March
American & Filipino troops were found around the bataan peninsula and they were then forced into join the march to Cabanatuan. In this journey the prisoners had very little food and they were very weak. By the end of the march hundreds of American and Filipino prisoners had died. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
When the Jews revolted against the Nazi for almost a month in one of the biggest ghettos, it soon turned into the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It was the first sustained armed resistance to the Nazi and although the resisters knew that their position was weak, they never anticipated a victory, yet they still chose to fight until many were sent to extermination camps. This event remains as a symbolic of collective Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah took place on Hamburg when British bombers studdenly attacked Hamburg.
Britain had suffered 167 deaths when they had been bombed bed by Germany. They now wanted to give them the taste of their own medicine, and on July 24th Britian dropped a ridiculous amount of bombs on Hamburg. -
D-Day
The battle of D-Day lasted from June 1944 to August 1944. On June British, American and Canadian alllies invaded France on the beaches of Normandy. It was known to have been the biggest invasion of world war 2. On August France was liberated. -
Battle Of Bulge
On December, 16th 1944 Germany launched its llast major attack. The attack was on France in the region of Wallonia in the forest of Ardennes. It is known to have been one of the largest battles fought on the west. Their goal was to have America and Britain to go seperate ways. The battle lasted for quite a while and ended on January, 25th 1945. -
Operation Thunderclap
For several months, The Air Ministry had been considering a series of particularly heavy area raids on German cities (bombing easternmost cities) hoping to causing such confusion and consternation that the German war machine and civil administration would break down and the war would end. The name given to this plan was the Operation Thunderclap (code name) and it was agreed not to use it unless things with Germany became crucial. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
In the battle of Iwo Jima U.S Marines Landed on Iwo Jima the Japanese island. Japanese forces fought as much as they could. Soon they were defeated and America won the battle. -
The battle of Okinawa 1945
Allied forces invade the island of Okinawa and engage the Japanese in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. -
VE day (1945)
On May 7, 1945, Germany surrendered unconditionally to the western Allies at Reims and on May 9 to the Soviets in Berlin. -
VE day 1945
VE stands for victory in Europe. It had put an end to hilters war (nazis) and also it had came to an end of the six years of sufferage all around the world and it also gave people courage and tolerance. -
dropping of the atomic bombs 1945
Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. -
dropping of the atomic bombs 1945
American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
VJ Day 1945
Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.” -
Creation of the United Nations; creation of NATO
In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
