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Germany's Invasion of Poland
Adolf Hitler saw that in order to conqure all of Europe, he needed to neutralize Poland first. The Geramans used the newly conquered land for resourses. The blitzkrieg tactic was first used here. The Germans had captured hundreds of thousands of Polish soldiers, and starved, abused, and executed them. -
German Blitzkrieg
The Germans created Blitzkrieg, a military tactic used to confuse their enimies with moving around and firepower in one spot. They created Blitzkrieg to use against enemies, but they tested the tactic against Poland first. -
Fall of Paris
The German forces infiltrated by going through Belgium and suprising them. While a second force went throught the woods and passed the Maginot line into France. The Germans invaded France in order to take Holland and Luxembourg before defeating Belgium and France and making the English channel, taking out enemies before taking Paris. Pairs surrenderd on June 14. -
Operation Barbarossa
The Germans attacked the Soviet Union form the Baltic shore to the Black sea. It happened because the Germans wanted new land to feed soldiera and slave labors to make manpower. The result was that the Germans captured the Soviet capital, Moscow. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese bomb carriers come and took out Pearl Harbor, the US naval base. The Japanese bombed Peral Horbor in order to gain time to take over and strenghthen an area they wanted. The US declared war with Japan and sent 16 bombers to Japan and attacked Tokyo and Nagoya. -
Wannsee Conference
In a viila outside Berlin, chief of the RSHA, Reinhard Heydrich presented a plan, named the Final Solution. He presented the plan to the German state and the Nazi Party. The plan was to annihilate the European Jews. This conference would determine the fate of the Jews. -
Bataan Death March
The Japanese took in 75,000 surrendered troops of U.S Gerneral Edwards. The Filipinos and Americans were forced to walk 65 miles fom Mariveles to San Ferando. The Japanese took them in groups of 100, and it took them around 5 days to complete. Most captured soldiers died form disease, mistreatment and starvation. The commander of the Japanese invasion, Lieutenant General Homma Masaharu, was tried and was executed for being responsbile for the Death March. -
Battle of Midway
The United States Navy and the Empire of Japan battle more after Pearl Harbor. The Japanese were trying to take out the rest of the American carriers by attempting to lure them in tho a trap. The Japs wanted to deliver the final blow after the Americans ad left Pearl. Americans had dechphered the Japanese plans, and made a counter attack of their own. America was succesful after that. -
Batte of Stalingrad
The German 6th army surrounded the Soviet city. Hitler sent soldiers and supplies pouring in to the 6th Army to ensure victory, However, Soviet Marshal Zhukov, had had made a plan to help Stalingrads defenders. The Soviet managed to gain back their territory while the Germans were rescued or surrendered. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
The polish military powers started to stand ground and fight back against their conqueorors. They would do so with very little people, artillary and support. They attacked Germans throughout the city. They saw this chance when the UUS was gaining land and the Allies were pouring into France. The Polish failed and suffered greatly because of it. Thousand of Polish were kind to compinsate the loss of German troops. -
Operation Gomarrah
The British attacked the Germans very late at night. They used metalic paper to create false echoes on the German radars. The British had bombed the city of Hamburg and it burned to ashes. Though the city fought back. The city continued to burn even as the British were returning home, they could see it long after they left. -
D-Day (Normandy invasion)
Allies, fell upon 50 miles of shore line, took it over and divided it into 5 different sections, It was the largest amphibious operation in history, It happened because Stalin would not hold up on the pressure of the West Allies to open a second front. It caused farm fields to be seperated by Hedgerows. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans had secretly acumulated its forces and attacked a lightly defended part of America. In the span of three days, the Germans wiped out divisions 28 and 106. But division 28 and 106 delayed the Germans enough for back up to arrive airborne. The battle resulted with a 50 m wide and 70 m deep into the American lines. -
Liberation of concentration camps
The Soviet Union invaded and liberated Auschwitz, the largest concentration camp. They found 7 thousand weak an thin people. Their was massive evidence of mass murder done in the camp. In months to come, the Soviets would take down more and more camps along with the British and Americans. -
Operation Thunderclap
It was a code name for a cancelled operation plan. The plan was to attack Berlin and hope for many casualties and death. They hoped to kill of Germans personnels in order to break German moral. Though the plan was dismissed as it was unlikely to work. Is was rethough over again but again it was dismissed. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Allies attacked Japanese small ilands. They used those islands for air and supply bases. Iwo Jima had cave complexes with people still resising to leave. 300 Japanese were tken alive out of 21000 that fought. America lost 6500 and 20000 wounded. -
Battle of Okinawa
Up to date, it was the largest amphibious assult. It involved the Allies and the Japanese. The Allies had the US Marines, US Army and the US Navy support both air and sea. The Japanese kamikazes did a lost of damadge to the Allies. The Allies prevailed but at a heavy cost, both the Allies and the Japanese suffered grestly. -
VE Day
It is the day celebrated by Britain and the Allies, aginst Germany, Hitler had killed himself, Mussolini was captured and hung and Grand Admiral Donitz surrendered in front of senior officers, Britain, America, Russia, and France. It is a day of celebration to the victory of Britain and the Allies. -
Dropping of the automic bombs
The Japanese refused the terms of the Potsdam Declaration, stating unconditional surrender. Japan asked Russia to be an intermediay, but Stalin refused. The U.S dropped the first atomic weapon on Hiroshima. When the Japanese took to long, the U.S dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki. The Japanese surrendered and many of their people were killed on impact, while many still suffer today. -
VJ Day
The Japanese lost to the Allies on August 15, 1945, but did not officially surrender until September 2. It marked the end of the Pacific War, but more importantly, it ended World War II all together.
