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Germany’s invasion of Poland
The German-Soviet Pact of August 1939, which stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
German Blitzkreig
Its successful execution results in short military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery. German forces tried out the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 before successfully using this same tactic on Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. -
Fall of Paris
The Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during World War 2. This was began on 10 May 1940, the battle defeated mainly French forces. The German plan for the battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Case Yellow, which called for German armoured units pushing hrough the Ardennes and then along the Somme valley to cut off and surround the Allied units that had advanced into Belgium to meet the German threat. -
Japanese invasion of China
The Japanese invasion on China was a military conflict fought between Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 and 1945. This invasion followed the fisrt-Sino Japanses War of 1894 and 1895.The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aimed at expanding its influence politically and militarily in order to secure access to raw material reserves and other economic resources in the area, particularly food and labour. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor,[9] the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters,[10][11] and Operation Z during planning,[12] was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.The attack killed and wounded many soldiers. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war which began after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II.About 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach their destination. -
Allied invasion of Italy
The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place on the day of 3 September 1943 during the early stages of the Italian Campaign of World War II. The operation was undertaken by General Sir Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group and followed the successful invasion of Sicily. -
D-Day
Also known as the Normandy landings, D-day was the landing of operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. The largest water-related invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control.The landings were preceded by extensive aerial bombardment ad an airborne assault the landing of 24,000 American, British, and Canadian troops. -
Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first group to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other killing centers. On January 27, 1945, the soldiers entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of starved, injured prisoners. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima (was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields (including the South Field and the Central Field), to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa codenamed Operation Iceberg was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II, the 1 April 1945 invasion of the island of Okinawa itself.The 82-day-long battle lasted from 1 April until 22 June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day or also known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The United States, with the consent of the United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. -
VJ Day
On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked the celebration over the final ending of World War II. On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day.
