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Japanese Invasion of China
The Japanese invaded China proper, launching the Second Sino-Japanese War. -
Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops against Nanking during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The massacre occurred during a six-week period starting December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanking, -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a German term for "Lightning War". Blitzkrieg is a military tactic to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. German forces triet Blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939, before successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940 -
Germanys Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941, Hitler sent his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the soviet union. -
Wannsee Conference
In July 1941, the agenda was very simple and focused. They were to devise a plan that would render a final solution to the jewish plan. Months later the "gas vans" in Poland were killing a 1,000 people a day. This was proved to be the solution that they were looking for. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the United States without warning. The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. -
battle of midway
The Battle of Midway in the Pacific Theater of Operations was one of the most important naval battles of World War II.Between June 4th and 7th 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy (USN), under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuich -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in the southwestern Soviet Union. -
Operation Gomorrah
Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 cicilians because of German bombings. The explosive power was the equivalent of what German bombers had dropped on London in their 5 most destructive raids. More than1,500 German civilians were killed. -
D-Day
160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was the code for a cnaceled operation planned in August 1944. The plan was reconsidered in early 1945, to be implemented in coordination with a Soviet advance, but was again rejected as impractical, and instead a number of coordinated smaller attacks against cities in the communications zone of the Eastern Front through which key routes to the east converged, were chosen. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
From February 19th to march 26th 1945, The United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, including its three airfields to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa.The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. Over 250,000 people lost their lives in the battle. -
VE Day
May 8 marks the formal celebration of the Allies' victory in Europe during World War II. This day is now known as VE Day. -
Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration is a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II. On July 26, 1945, United States President Harry S. Truman, United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang Kai-shek issued the document, which outlined the terms of surrender for the Empire of Japan as agreed upon at the Potsdam Conference. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in August 1945. The two bombings were the first and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in wartime. The bombs killed roughly 225,000 civilians in Japan. -
VJ Day
On August 1945 Japan surrendered to the United States, ending World War 2 -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was intended to split the American and British forces in two, capture much needed supplies, and achieve a negotiated peace on the Western Front. While initially successful, the surprise German counteroffensive was contained and the Germans were driven back.
