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japenese invasion of china
what,On July 16, 1937, a few days after the beginning of Japan's undeclared war on China, Secretary Hull issued a statement of fundamental principles of international policy.
why,The Japanese bombing of Shanghai was the beginning of the Second Sino- Japanese War.
effects, changed the way japs view on china -
fall of paris
WHAT: On this day in 1940, 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.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had tried for days to convince the French government to hang on, not to sue for peace, that America would enter the war and come to its aid.
effect, French capital remained an open city-that is, there was to be no armed resistance to the Germa -
German blitzkreig
what,blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower.
why:Blitzkrieg relied on a military force be based around light tank units supported by planes and infantry (foot soldiers).
effect,Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks, planes, and artillery) along a narrow front. -
operation barboosa
was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which began on 22 June 1941.
This happened because the germans invaded the soviet union. This past the nonagression act between germany and the soviet union. -
pearl harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. Pearl Harbor was intended to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet requiring all Japanese Americans to submit themselves for an internment. Propaganda made repeated use of the attack -
wanasee conference
was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942 The "Final Solution" was the code name for the systematic, deliberate, physical annihilation of the European Jews. every participant at the meeting knew that the ’Final Solution of the Jewish Question -
bataan death march
April 1942. The surrendered Filipinos and Americans soon were rounded up by the Japanese and forced to march some 65 miles from Mariveles U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese 1942 had famously promised -
rape of nanking
WHAT: The population of Nanking was subjected to an uncontrolled butchery that came to be known as "the Rape of Nanking." they wouldnt control the killing.
WHY:It became an uncontrolled butchery and became known as"rape if nanking."
EFFECT: This led to the invasion of the china by the japense population -
d-day
he Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 -
liberation of concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war the Germans attempted to hide the evidence of mass murder by demolishing the camp. -
battle of the buldge
largest battle fought on the Western Front
Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest
the effect of lack of fuel was becoming evident as the Germans had to simply abandon their vehicles. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
it was the only large engagement of the war
U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima
B-29 bombers damaged over Japan -
VE day
this was the victory day for europe. This was the victory day for europe. more than 13,000 British POWs were released
