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Second Sino Japanese War
Citation Japan seized control of all of northern China taking all their important ports and industrial cities including the chinese capital Nanking and Shanghai. It happened because the Japanese were interested in China’s vast resources and also seeing that they were very weak decided to invade the northern part of china The effects and impacts of this event were it was what lead up to Japan attacking pearl harbor in the U.S which in turn made the United States send the Little Boy and Fat Boy Bom -
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German Invasion Of Poland
Citation Germany along with the soviet union declared war on Poland and Poland quickly surrendered against the Germans military might allowing them to control Poland. The reason it happened was because Hitler signed a pact with the soviet union declaring that they would split the territory they gained from taking over Poland allowing Hitler to attack Poland without the Soviet Union's interference. The effects and impacts of this event is that it isn't what started World War 2 as Poland had an allian -
German Blitzkrieg
Citation What happened was that Germany's new strategy the Blitzkrieg was that they take their enemy by surprise using fast movements and speed and so by using this strategy Germany was able to take over Poland, Scandinavia, and other countries very quickly and the allied forces couldn’t do anything to stop them. This happened because Hitler was trying to take over as many countries as he could so the allied forces couldn’t regroup and also he needed to take over these countries as to accomplish his g -
Rape Of Nanking
Citation What happened was a japanese invasion of Nanking in which Japanese soldiers raped,killed and pillaged all through Nanking This happened because the Japanese were angered about how long it took them to take Shanghai when they said it would take them 3 months to take over china and the battle at Shanghai started in the summer and continued throughout the late fall. The impact of this event showed people all around the world how cruel the japanese were being towards the civilians of Nanking. -
The Fall Of Paris
Citation What happened was German troops went through the almost abandoned capital of France,Paris in which the germans turned into their base of operations during the war. It happened because France had no choice but to abandon it as the germans had more military strength than France did. The impact of this event is that France became one of the fighting ground for the allied forces against germany because of the captured capital of France. -
Operation Barbarossa
Citation What happened was Hitler declared war on the Soviet Union and invaded their land taking control of a lot of Russian territory and just when they were going to take over Moscow the weather in Russia became disastrous but Hitler moved his forces along even though they barely had any equipment to survive in the weather and in the end were forced to retreat in which they now had to fight a two front war. This happened because Germany horribly underestimated their opponents when it came to weather -
Pearl Harbor
Citation What happened was that Japan sent over many japanese planes bombing the base on Hawaii killing 2,500 men and injuring another 1,000 in which the american forces could not fight back. It happened because the U.S was they embargoed the japanese economic sanctions and trade saying they would have to stop their expansion without oil and other essential things. The effects and impact of this event enraged the Americans and immediately sent them into World War 2 after 2 years of the start of the -
Wannsee Confrence
Citation What happened was the Wannsee Conference was a meeting of 15 high ranking nazi party officials that met at a villa in which they discussed how they were going to enact their final solution which was the annihilation of all jews. It happened because Hitler and other officials wanted to get rid of people they thought were inferior to them and so they wanted to get rid of them for good. The effects and impacts of this event was the mass population reduction of the jews as they estimated b -
Battle Of Midway
Citation What happened was the U.S was able to anticipate the surprise attack the japanese laid out for them and even were able to ambush 5 japanese fleets destroying 4 of them and with the last one getting away but losing all its aircraft against the U.S. It happened because the United States fleet threatened the japanese and so they decided to launch a surprise attack on the U.S fleet before it could get larger and take over the japanese navy. The effects of this event are the undefeated japanese f -
Battle Of Stalingrad
Citation What happened was the Russians were able to hold off the german advances until the winter in which then the starving/freezing germans could do nothing but surrender to Russia. It happened because Hitler would not allow his men to retreat as Hitler desperately needed to take Stalingrad in order to conquer the rest of Russia. The effects and impacts this event had are Hitler’s reputation took a blow from the battle as now his generals didn’t have most of his trust anymore with the failure of -
Operation Gomorrah
Citation What happened was Britain forces sent out their aircraft and used a new radar jamming tactic which enabled them to bomb the germans without much resistance. They dropped over 9,000 tons of explosives killing over 30,000 people and destroying 280,000 buildings.
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Citation CONT> To return the favor they started to send in their own bombers to attack the germans. The effect of this was that Germany’s morale had dropped significantly as many of the german civilians were killed and even Hitler’s morale was affected by this attack. -
D Day
Citation What happened was the allied forces stormed the german beaches and captured the beaches called Gold,Juno,Sword,Utah, and Omaha after that the allied forces continued their advances seizing key points along the way.It happened because the United States joined in the war and since all of France had been taken over by German forces the British and U.S started to create a plan to invade the german beaches.The impacts of this event is it was one of the most important events to lead to the end WW2 -
Battle Of The Bulge
CitationWhat happened was a German counter attack against the allied forces in which they attacked from a forest because the Germans knew the allied forces would leave the Ardennes unprotected because they were too difficult to pass and did not expect an attack from their and due to this German forces easily pushed back the allied forces using impersonating U.S military and sabotaging communications.It happened because Germany wanted to push the allied forces out of france and into Belgium as to regain -
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Citation Regain the land they had lost from the beginning of D Day.The effects of this event are the massive american civilian and soldier casualties; 20,000 dead, 20,000 captured and, 40,000 wounded. -
Operation Thunderclap
Citation What happened was British and American forces sent numerous bombs down over the city of Dresden killing over 25,000 to 30,000 and thousands were declared missing. Why it happened was Operation Thunderclaps intention was to bomb the eastern cities of Germany as to disrupt infrastructure behind what became the eastern front. Most of the public of the U.S and Britain were horrified as the war was almost over and this is one of the last events to push World War 2 to end. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Citation What happened was an american amphibious attack on a Japanese base attacking first with 6,800 tons of bombs and then followed up with a marine attack. The Americans won but lost 5,900 men and another 17,400 wounded.
It happened because the americans needed to take over a base near the japanese coast line so they could attack Japan easily.
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Battle Of Okinawa
Citation What happened was another naval battle in which thousands lost their lives as Japan would not give up to the point in which they sent out suicide missions to soldiers to take out the enemy along with themselves. The americans won yet again but suffered even more losses as more than 11,000 were killed and more than 30,000 were wounded.
It happened because america needed to take over vital air bases of Japan so they could make an invasion into Japan a lot easier.
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Battan Death March
Citationwhat happened was that after pearl harbor Japan invaded the Philippines and without any reinforcements the americans were forced to surrender. WIth the americans surrender the Japanese force the americans to walk 65 miles to internment camps in which thousands were killed by the walk and thousands were killed by disease, mistreatment and starvation in the internment camps.
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VE Day
CitationWhat happened was on this day germans surrendered en masse in Europe and during the next day in the soviet union's territory marking the end of World War 2 It happened because a week previous to this event Hitler killed himself and knowing that without their great leader and their military strength weakened they knew they had no option but to surrender. The effects and impacts of this event are this is the end of the bloodiest war in history and this also marked the end of Hitler and his reign -
Dropping Of the Atomic Bomb
CitationWhat happened was the American President Harry s. Truman gave the go sign to drop the little boy on Hiroshima killing thousands of people.It happened because the Americans thought that by using this atomic bomb they would not have to send in more soldiers to die
The effects of this event are everyone in the world learned how destructive the Atomic bomb was short term and long term effects of getting hit by one after one year had passed. -
VJ Day
CitationWhat happened was on this day Emperor Hirohito and his government surrender to the allied forces after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
It happened because Emperor Hirohito told his people to accept surrender after the bombing because
if they didn’t it would lead to the destruction of Japan and maybe the extinction of the human race.
The effects of this event are this ends the six year war which is considered to be the bloodiest war in history and is what leads up to the cold war.
