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On this day in 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air. Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland.
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A Belgian fortress, defended by 1,200 men, was captured by just 78 German airborne troops.The victory was a combination of tank units with close air support from Luftwaffe was key to success on the ground. Over 155,000 German lost in France in 1940 from dead, wounded, and missing.
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the Germans allotted almost 150 divisions containing a total of about 3,000,000 men.
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Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The entire attack lasted for 2 hours.
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The bombing of Tokyo by the Unties States Army Air Forces took place during the pacific campagins of World War2. The United States made a small raid on Tokyo in 1942.
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Six months after Japan`s attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of Coral Sea, the United States navy made an attack by The Imperial Jaapanese Navy.
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The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a big victory for their allies in the the Pacific Theater. The Japanese troops was stationed in the section of the Solomon Islands. The U.S. marines made a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of their air base under construction.
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Over 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavy French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. The D-Day cost was high more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded. But more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.
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When Germany attacked they used over 200,000 troops and nearly 1,000 tanks to break through the US lines. It was winter and the weather was snowy and cold. The Americans were not ready for the attack. The Germans broke through the line and killed thousands of American troops. They tried to advance quickly.
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U.S. Marines invaded Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945. After months of naval and air bombardment. The Japanese defenders of the island were dug into bunkers deep within the volcanic rocks next to it. 70,000 U.S. Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers took part in this battle. Less than 36 days 7,000 U.S marines were killed. 20,000 marines were wounded at the time and the marines captured 216 soliders that remained while others were killed.
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The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II.
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On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki.
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On August 14 it was announced that Japan had surrendered to the Allies, which effectively ended World War II. The term VJ Day has been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri,which was anchored in Tokyo Bay.
